Species Fontejus collaris (Walker, 1872)
- Rhyparochromus collaris Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [111].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Adelaide, SA.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 [261]. - Fontejus collaris Stål, C. 1874. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 12(1): 1-186 [154].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂, Sydney, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gross, G.F. 1962. Aberrant Australian brachypterous myodochine bugs (Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14: 371-396 pls 14-16 [378]
- 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 [261]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
TAS—Hobart, SA—Culburra, Penola Conservation Park.
IBRA
SA, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Flightless, granivore (associated flora: Andersonia sprengelioides R.Br. [EPACRIDACEAE]), ground dweller, herbivore, temperate, terrestrial.
General References
Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. XI. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 464-486, 497-510 [510] (type lost)
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [196, 233] (catalogue, separate species)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [1061, 1276] (catalogue, separate species)
Slater, J.A. 1978. A new genus of Lygaeidae from Western Australia with a description of Fontejus collaris (Walker) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of Natural History 12: 371-376 [374] (description)
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. [141] (catalogue)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 |