Species Graptostethus varipictus Slater, 1985
- Graptostethus varipictus Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [395].
Type data:
Holotype QM T7588 ♀ (publication indicates ANIC deposition), Brisbane, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM ♂ 3♀ (2♂ observed with registration number K71022 & K71021); ANIC 5♂ 9♀; EUQ 12♂ 11♀ (3♂ 2♀ observed); NMV ♂ ♀; QM 2♂ 3♀ (10♂ 11♀ observed); SAMA 2♂ 2♀.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bamaga, Brisbane, Bundaberg, Cairns, Calamvale, Captain Billy Creek, Dunk Is., Mareeba, Moreton Bay, Stradbroke Is., NSW—Broadwater, Brunswick Heads, VIC—Wodonga, NT—Darwin, Groote Eylandt, Jim Jim Waterhole, Mackay, Moreton Is., Mt Cahill, Nourlangie Creek, Oenpelli, Pallarenda Point, Pine Creek.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, nocturnal, open forest, subtropical, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Collected on Rosa L. [Rosaceae], rose flowers.
General References
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. [9] (catalogue)
History of changes
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| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |