Species Coleocoris ocellatus Gross, 1958
- Coleocoris ocellatus Gross, G.F. 1958. Australian beetle-mimicking bugs of the family Lygaeidae (Subfamily Rhyparochrominae: Tribe Lethaeini). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13: 227-233 [231].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I20,099 ♂, Swan River, WA.
Paratype(s) SAMA I20,098 ♀.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
WA—Albany, Bluff Knoll, Cape Naturaliste, Cranbrook, Kings Park, Torbay.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Flightless, granivore (associated flora: Hypocalymma robustum (Endl.) Lindl. [MYRTACEAE] Swan River Myrtle; Hypocalymma angustifolium (Endl.) Schauer [MYRTACEAE] White Myrtle; Acacia laricina Meissner [FABACEAE]; Hypocalymma strictum Schauer [MYRTACEAE]; Jacksonia nematoclada F.Muell. [FABACEAE]; Leucopogon reflexus R.Br. [EPACRIDACEAE]; Melaleuca acerosa (Colla) G.Don [MYRTACEAE]), ground dweller, psammophile, seed litter, temperate, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Coleopteroid, on white sand, abundant near edge of seed litter "shadow", associated with rhyparochromids: Austrodrymus flindersi Gross, 1965, Euander lacertosus (Erichson, 1842), Fontejus westraliensis Gross, 1962, Plinthisus bassianus Slater & Sweet, 1977, Porander scudderi Gross, 1962, Udeocoris nigroaeneus (Erichson, 1842), reared on sunflower seeds under laboratory conditions.
General References
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [814] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. 1975. On the biology and zoogeography of Australian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with special reference to the southwest fauna. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 47-64 [51, 57, 62] (hosts, wing polymorphism)
Slater, J.A. 1976. The biology, distribution and taxonomy of some Lygaeidae of Southwest Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 129-151 [129, 141, 144] (hosts, rhyparochromid associates)
Slater, J.A. 1976. The immature stages of Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southwest Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 101-126 [103, 120-122] (key, eggs, larvae)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Nov-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 13-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED |