Species Helopeltis (Helopeltis) clavifer (Walker, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dulichius clavifer Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-211. [170].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, New Guinea.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stonedahl, G.M. 1991. The Oriental species of Helopeltis (Heteroptera: Miridae): A review of economic literature and guide to identification. Bulletin of Entomological Research 81: 465-490 [479].
• Helopeltis braconiformis Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. London : E. Newman Preface 210 pp. [165].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, New Guinea.
• Helopeltis niger Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. London : E. Newman Preface 210 pp. [165].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Wagiou, New Guinea.
• Helopeltis australiae 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 [786].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♂ (specimen badly damaged), Kuranda, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Waterhouse, C.O. 1886. Some observations on the tea-bugs (Helopeltis) of India and Java. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 457-459 [459] (synonymy of Helopeltis braconiformis)
• Stonedahl, G.M. 1991. The Oriental species of Helopeltis (Heteroptera: Miridae): A review of economic literature and guide to identification. Bulletin of Entomological Research 81: 465-490 [479] (synonymy of Helopeltis niger and Helopeltis australiae)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

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