Species Elasmolomus pallens (Dallas, 1852)
Peanut Trash Bug
- Rhyparochromus pallens Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Taylor & Francis Part 2 369-592 pp. pls XII-XV. [567].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, North Bengal, India. - Cimex sordidus Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [302] [junior homonym of Cimex sordidus Goeze, 1778].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMK 2 specimens, Tranquebariae. - Aphanus fallaciosus Matsumura, S. 1906. Die Hemipteren fauna von Riukiu (Okinawa). Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 1: 15-38 [26, 34].
Type data:
Holotype ZIUT ♀, Okinawa. - Aphanus littoralis Distant, W.L. 1918. Contributions to a further knowledge of the Rhynchotal Family Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 2: 173-179, 257-270, 416-424, 486-492 [262].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Blue Nile.Subsequent designation references:
Scudder, G.G.E. 1967. Rhyparochrominae types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 20: 251-285 [271].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. XI. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 464-486, 497-510 [501] (synonymy of Rhyparochromus pallens)
- Corby, H.D.L. 1946. Aphanus (Hem. Lygaeidae) in stored ground-nuts. Bulletin of Entomological Research 37: 609-617 [609] (synonymy of Aphanus littoralis)
- Hidaka, T. 1964. Studies on the Lygaeidae XII. Revision of the genus Rhyparochromus from Japan. Kontyû 32(3): 378-383 [379] (synonymy of Aphanus fallaciosus)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
NT—Darwin, Katherine.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, granivore (associated flora: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [POACEAE] Millet, Sorghum; Arachis hypogaea L. [FABACEAE] Peanut; Carthamus tinctorius L. [ASTERACEAE] Safflower; Helianthus annuus L. [ASTERACEAE] Sunflower; Apios americana Medik. [FABACEAE] Sweet Tuber), ground dweller, herbivore, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
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 [453] (description, Australia)
Hori, K. 2000. Possible causes of disease symptoms resulting from the feeding of phytophagous Heteroptera. pp. 11-35 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [15, Tab. 1] (physiology, as Elasmolomus sordidus (Fabricius))
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [1223-1226, 1276] (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. [172] (catalogue)
Common Name References
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [152] (Peanut Trash Bug)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 13-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED |