Species Chinoneides tasmaniensis (Gross, 1950)
- Neides tasmaniensis Gross, G.F. 1950. The stilt bugs (Heteroptera: Neididae) of the Australian and New Zealand Regions. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 313-326 [315].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I20025 ♀, Hobart, TAS.
Paratype(s) AM K60373 ♀; SAMA I20025 ♀.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
SA—Blackwood, VIC—Box Hill.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, herbivore, omnivore (host(s): Acyrthosiphon pelargonii (Kaltenbach, 1843) [APHIDIDAE]) (associated flora: Correa sp. [RUTACEAE]; Geranium sp. [GERANIACEAE]; Pelargonium sp. [GERANIACEAE]), sap-feeder, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Under fallen log, overwinter as adults on ground amongst fallen-leaves, eggs oviposited singly on hairs of young stems or between leaves on abdaxial surface of leaves, feeding on dead muscid fly, feeding on rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae (L.) (APHIDAE) under laboratory conditions.
General References
Henry, T.J. 2000. Stilt Bugs (Berytidae). pp. 725-735 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [729] (biology)
Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C.. 1998. Catalog of the Stilt Bugs or Berytidae, of the World (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(4): 1-72 [7] (catalogue)
Hickman, V.V. 1976. The biology of Neides tasmaniensis Gross (Hemiptera: Berytidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (N.S.W.) 9: 3-10 (biology, host associations)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | BERYTIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 31-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED |