Species Cuspicona ooldeae Gross, 1975
- Cuspicona ooldeae Gross, G.F. 1975. A revision of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the Rhynchocoris group from Australia and adjacent areas. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17: 51-167 [97, fig. 22].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I20,719 ♂, Farina, SA.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀; CAS ♂; SAMA I20,721–I20,723 7♂ 11♀; WAM ♀.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SA—Brachina Gorge, Coward Springs, Everard Park, Farina, Madigan Gulf, Mambray Creek, Ooldea, Warburton Creek, WA—Gill Pinnacle.
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arid, herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., 1832 [MYRTACEAE] River Red Gum; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree), nocturnal, sap-feeder, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected in Melaleuca blossoms.
General References
Gross, G.F. 1976. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 2 251-501 pp. [468, 470 fig. 212] (key, description, habitus)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Aug-2022 | PENTATOMIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 30-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
31-Oct-2018 | Pentatominae | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
06-Nov-2013 | Pentatominae | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
15-Aug-2012 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED |