Species Dieuches oceanicus (Distant, 1901)
- Aphanus oceanicus Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. XI. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 464-486, 497-510 [502].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Cossack, WA (as Cossack, NW Australia).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bathurst Head, Olsen's Cave, Rockhampton, Stewart River, SA—Agnes Creek Station, Davenport Creek, Everard Park Station, Goyder Lagoon, Meningie, Purni Bore, NT—Finke River, Hermannsburg, MacDonald Downs, McDonnell Range, Mt Olga, WA—Cocoa Beach, Kimberley district, Monte Bello Ils, Nicol Bay, Pilgangoora, Tambray Station.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, granivore, ground dweller, herbivore, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Eyles, A.C. 1973. Monograph of the Genus Dieuches Dohrn (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Dunedin : The Author & Otago Daily Times Ltd 465 pp. map. [280] (description)
Gross, G.F. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. The Australian Rhyparochromini (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14: 427-469 pls 19-24 [432, 437-438] (description, key)
Musgrave, A. 1945. The Simpson Desert Expedition, 1939. Scientific Reports: No. 4 Biology—Hemiptera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69: 14-15 [15] (misidentification as Dieuches notatus (Dallas, 1852))
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [1216] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [169] (catalogue)
History of changes
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