Species Garceus fidelis Distant, 1893

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• Garceus fidelis Distant, W.L. 1893. On new and little-known Tessaratominae of the Order Rhynchota. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 11: 430-435 [435].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ (only one specimen found), Peak Downs, QLD; Australia (no exact locality given).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Endeavour River, Kuranda, Redlynch, Townsville.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, gregarious, herbivore (associated flora: Elaeocarpus sp. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Elaeocarpus grandis F.Muell. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Maternal care, larvae cling to underside of female.

 

General References

Bequaert, J. 1935. Presocial behaviour among the Hemiptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 30(5): 177-191 [183] (maternal care)

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. [359] (catalogue)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [601] (biology)

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [441, 447 fig. 15] (distribution)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [233] (catalogue)

Rolston, L.H., Aalbu, R.L., Murray, M.J. & Rider, D.A. 1993. A catalog of the Tessaratomidae of the world. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 36: 36-108 [45] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [314] (list)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	PENTATOMOMORPHA	05-Dec-2019	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		04-Oct-2019	MODIFIED
		05-Dec-2019	MODIFIED