Species Geocoris lubra Kirkaldy, 1908
Bigeyed Bug
- Geocoris lubra Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908. Memoir on a few heteropterous Hemiptera from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 768-788 pl. xliii [774].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM ♂, Bundaberg, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Biloela, Brisbane, Bunya Mountains, Cairns district, Carmila, Daintree district, Dalby, Eidsvold, Emerald, Gatton, Ingham, Kingaroy, Lawes, Mt Glorious, Mt Mee, Mt Murchison, Mt Tamborine, Millaroo, Pittsworth, Sarina, Scaraborough, Stradbroke Is., Torres Strait Ils (Thursday Is.), Toowoomba, Townsville, Upper Mulgrave River, Windorah, NSW—Breeza, VIC—Hattah Lakes, SA—Cannuwaukaninna Dune, Frome River, Hallett Cove, Old Alton Downs, Pearson Is., Warburton River, WA—Crawley, Flora Valley Station, Koolan Is., Kununurra, NT—Darwin, Erldunda Station district, Katherine, Mt Gilruth, Wave Hill Station.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, diurnal, granivore (associated flora: Medicago sativa L. [FABACEAE] Alfalfa, Lucerne; Gossypium hirsutum L. [MALVACEAE] Cotton; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [POACEAE] Millet, Sorghum; Vigna radiata (L.) R.Wilczek [FABACEAE] Mung Bean; Solanum tuberosum L. [SOLANACEAE] Potato; Oryza sativa L. [POACEAE] Rice; Helianthus annuus L. [ASTERACEAE] Sunflower; Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai [CUCURBITACEAE] Watermelon; Lophostemon grandiflorus (R.Br.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE]; Dolichos sp. [PAPILIONACEAE]), nocturnal, omnivore, open forest, predator, predator, terrestrial, up-on-plants, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In moist sand under grass near swamp.
General References
Malipatil, M.B. 1994. Revision of Australian Geocoris Fallén and Stylogeocoris Montandon (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Geocorinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 299-327 [301, figs 1-4] (description)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [562] (catalogue)
Common Name References
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [152] (Bigeyed Bug)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2023 | GEOCORIDAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 13-Jan-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | GEOCORIDAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Dec-2019 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Aug-2012 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED |