Species Chelinidea vittiger Uhler, 1863
- Chelinidea vittiger Uhler, P.R. 1863. Hemipterological contributions. —No. 2. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 2: 361-366 [366].
Type data:
Lectotype USNM ♀, no locality given.Subsequent designation references:
Herring, J.L. 1980. A review of the cactus bug of the genus Chelinidea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(2): 237-251 [250]. - Chelinidea vittiger aequoris McAtee, W.L. 1919. Notes on Nearctic Heteroptera. Coreidae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 14: 9-13 [12].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♂, San Diego, Texas, USA. - Chelinidea vittiger texana Hamlin, J.C. 1923. New cactus bugs of the genus Chelinidea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 35(4): 43-45 [45].
Type data:
Holotype USNM, Texas, USA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Herring, J.L. 1980. A review of the cactus bug of the genus Chelinidea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(2): 237-251 [246]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Biggenden, Gogango district, NSW—Mungindi, Mungle Scrub, Pilliga Scrub, Scone, released and recaptured.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, frugivorous, herbivore (associated flora: Opuntia sp. [CACTACEAE] Prickly Pear), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced from USA as a biological control agent of Opuntia .
General References
Dodd, A.P. 1940. The Biological Campaign Against Prickly-pear. Brisbane : A.H. Tucker, Government Printer ii 177 pp. 1 pl. 1 map. [91] (biological control program)
Froeschner, R.C. 1988. Coreidae. pp. 69-92 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill xix 958 pp. [80] (catalogue)
Gillete, C.P. & Baker, C.F. 1895. A preliminary list of the Hemiptera of Colorado. Bulletin of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Series 1 31: 1-137 [17] (description)
Hamlin, J.C. 1924. A review of the genus Chelinidea (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) with biological data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 17(2): 193-208 [195] (description)
Herring, J.L. 1980. A review of the cactus bug of the genus Chelinidea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(2): 237-251 [246] (description)
Mitchell, P.L. 2000. Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae). pp. 337-403 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [375] (bionomics)
Provancher, L. 1885. Petite Faune Entomologique du Canada et Particulierement de la Province de Quebec. Vol. 3, Cinquième ordre. Les Hémiptères. Quebec. [1885: 1–64; 1886: 65–112; 1887: 113–184; 1888: 185–204; 1889: 205–282; 1890: 283–354 pls 1–5] [55] (description)
Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L. 1983. Food plants of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76: 591-615 [602] (host plants)
Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [180] (catalogue)
Uhler, P.R. 1876. List of Hemiptera of the region west of the Mississippi River, including those collected during the Hayden explorations of 1873. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 1: 269-361 pls 1-21 [292] (description)
Uhler, P.R. 1877. Report on the insects collected by P.R. Uhler during the explorations of 1875, including monographs of the families Cydnidae and Saldae [sic], and the Hemiptera collected by A.S. Packard, Jr. M.D. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 3: 355-475, 765-801 pls 27-28 [405] (description)
Uhler, P.R. 1894. Observations upon the heteropterous Hemiptera of Lower California, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 2 4: 223-295 [234] (description)
Van Duzee, E.P. 1912. Synonymy of the Provancher Collection of Hemiptera. The Canadian Entomologist 44: 317-329 [319] (description)
Van Duzee, E.P. 1917. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico, excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. University of California Publications in Entomology. Technical Bulletin 2: xiv 1-902 [100] (catalogue)
Wilson, F. 1960. A Review of the Biological Control of Insects and Weeds in Australia and Australian New Guinea. Farnham Royal, England : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux 102 pp. [53] (biological control)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Jun-2022 | COREIDAE | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 31-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |