• Galgacus Distant, W.L. 1899. Rhynchotal notes. III. Heteroptera: Discocephalinae and Pentatominae (part). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 4: 421-445 [435].

  Type species:

   Dictyotus macer Walker, 1867 (=Atelocerus labidus Erichson, 1842) by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

ACT, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

General References

Bergroth, E. 1918. Hendecas generum Hemipterorum novorum vel subnovorum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 16: 298-314 [309]

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. [168] (catalogue)

Kumar, R. 1974. A revision of world Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): keys to and descriptions of subfamilies, tribes and genera, with designation of types. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 34: 1-60 [27-28, 35] (description)

History of changes

• Atelocerus labidus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [277].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB sex unknown, TAS (as Vandiemensland).
• Dictyotus macer Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [182].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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. [372]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

ACT—Mt Gingera, SA—Magill, Mylor, Waterfall Gully.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

ACT, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, herbivore, predator, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Bergroth, E. 1918. Hendecas generum Hemipterorum novorum vel subnovorum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 16: 298-314 [308]

Distant, W.L. 1899. Rhynchotal notes. III. Heteroptera: Discocephalinae and Pentatominae (part). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 4: 421-445 [435] (list)

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. [168] (catalogue, separate species)

Kumar, R. 1974. A revision of world Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): keys to and descriptions of subfamilies, tribes and genera, with designation of types. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 34: 1-60 [28] (unnecessary lectotype designation)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [113, 260] (incertae sedis as Atelocerus labidus)

History of changes