Species Cryptorhamphus orbus Stål, 1860
- Cryptorhamphus orbus Stål, C. 1860. Hemiptera. Species novas descripsit. pp. 219–298 in, Konglika Svenska Fregattens Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden, under Befal af C.A. Virgin åren 1851–1853. III Zoologi, Insekter. Stockholm : Norstedt. [251].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♀, Sydney, NSW (as Sidney, Nova Hollandia).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NSW—Bogan River, Mt Kosciuszko, Sydney, Wee Jasper, Yanco, VIC—Cairn Curran Reservoir, Dartmoor, Healesville, Melbourne, Mt Eliza, TAS—Devil's Gate, New Norfolk, SA—Flinders Is., Kangaroo Is., Lucindale, Mt Gambier, Port Lincoln, WA—Badgeberth, Julimar State Forest, Kings Park, Torbay, Tortoise Reserve, Yanchep.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), 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), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, granivore (associated flora: Hypocalymma robustum (Endl.) Lindl. [MYRTACEAE] Swan River Myrtle; Hypocalymma angustifolium (Endl.) Schauer [MYRTACEAE] White Myrtle; Arthrocnemum halocnemoides pergranulatum J.M.Black [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Hypocalymma strictum Schauer [MYRTACEAE]; Jacksonia nematoclada F.Muell. [FABACEAE]; Spartochloa scirpoidea (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. [POACEAE]; Tetrariopsis octandra (Nees) C.B.Clarke [CYPERACEAE]), ground dweller, seed litter, temperate, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Slow moving, in seed heads, in old bird's nest.
General References
Hamid, A. 1971. A revision of Cryptorhamphinae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) including the description of two new species from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 10: 163-174 [167] (description, key)
Malipatil, M.B. 1973. The nymph of Cryptorhamphus orbus Stål (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Cryptorhamphinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 39-41 [39] (larvae)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [387] (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 [62] (list)
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 [133] (description, distribution, host)
Slater, J.A. 1976. The immature stages of Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southwest Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 101-126 [102] (key)
White, T.C.R. 1974. Semi-quantitative sampling of terrestrial arthropods occurring in the air over South Australia. Pacific Insects 16: 1-10 [6] (list)
History of changes
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05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 04-Oct-2019 | MODIFIED | |
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