Species Drakiessa consobrina Monteith, 1997
- Drakiessa consobrina Monteith, G.B. 1997. Revision of the Australian flat bugs of the subfamily Mezirinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aradidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(1): 1-169 [103].
Type data:
Holotype QM T11669 ♂, Bald Mountain, area, 3–4000 ft, via Emu Vale, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM T29718-29781 64 specimens
Comment: 77 paratypes designated, depository of 13 paratypes unknown.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bald Mountain, Mt Clunie, Mt Huntley, Mt Mistake Plateau, Mt Superbus, Ravensbourne, Toowoomba; NSW—Acacia Plateau, Bellbrook, Mt Glennie, Tooloom Scrub, Wilson River Reserve.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, cryptozoic, flightless, fungivore, montane, on dead wood, subtropical, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Coated with heavy incrustation of soil and debris.
General References
Kormilev, N.A. 1965. Notes on Australian Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 77: 11-35 [24] (misidentification; as Drakiessa tertia Kormilev, 1964)
History of changes
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| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |