Species Elasmostethus suffusus (Distant, 1900)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stictocarenus suffusus Distant, W.L. 1900. Rhynchotal notes. VI. Heteroptera: Dinidorinae, Phyllocephalinae, Urolabidinae and Acanthosominae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 6: 220-234 [230].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, King Is., Bass Strait, TAS (as King Is., South Seas).

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

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)

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