Species Elasmolomus papuanus (Distant, 1901)
- Aphanus papuanus 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 sex unknown, Peak Downs, QLD.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 [277].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Atherton, Bloomfield River, Dunk Is., Iron Range, NT—Horn Islet.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, granivore, ground dweller, herbivore, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Scudder, G.G.E. & Eyles, A.C. 1968. A new species of Elasmolomus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) from Australia. New Zealand Journal of Science 11: 618-622 [618, 620, 622] (note, diagnosis)
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)
History of changes
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