Species Dilompus robustus Scudder, 1957
- Dilompus robustus Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. A new genus and species of Rhyparochrominae (Hem., Lygaeidae) from Australia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 93: 143-144 [143].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ ♂, Wentworth Falls, Blue Mountains, NSW.
Paratype(s) MCZ ♀.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Blackall Range, Lawes, Samford Valley, Tibrogargan Creek, NSW—Dorrigo, Leura, Mittagong, Mt Kosciuszko, Mulallely, TAS—Burnie, Cradle Mountain, Devonport, Hobart, SA—Canunda National Park, Deep Creek, Everard Park, Gawler, Lucindale, Mt Lofty, Mt Sturt, Pt Lincoln.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore, litter, subtropical, tall open forest, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Under dry leaf litter of Eucalyptus and grasses.
General References
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [707] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A., Woodward, T.E. & Sweet, M.H. 1962. A contribution to the classification of the Lygaeidae, with the description of a new genus from New Zealand (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 55: 597-605 [600, 602-604] (morphology, biology)
History of changes
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| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |