Subspecies Elasmostethus ligatus placidus (Walker, 1867)
- Acanthosoma placida Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 241-417. [397].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ?2♀ (one female seen), Adelaide, SA. - Stictocarenus obtusus Reuter, O.M. 1881. Acanthosomina et Urolabidina nova et minus cognita. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25: 67-86 [79].
Type data:
Holotype UZMH sex unknown (depository uncertain), Adelaide, SA (as Adelaide, Australia).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. 2002. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). in Houston, W.W.K. & Wells, A. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 27.3B. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiv 737 pp. [364, 647] (new synonymy and nov. comb. as Elasmostethus ligatus placidus)
Distribution
States
South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SA—Dingley Dell, Ewens Ponds, Henley Beach, Kingston, Normanville.
IBRA
SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [175] (catalogue, separate species)
History of changes
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