Species Hypselosoma hickmani Wygodzinsky, 1959
- Hypselosoma hickmani Wygodzinsky, P. 1959. Un nouvel Hypselosoma de Madagascar, avec la description d'autres espèces et des observations sur le genre (Schizopterinae, Dipsocoridae, Hemiptera). Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar E 11: 509-539 [533].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Cascades, TAS (as Tasmanie).
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Columbas Falls, Hastings, Hartz Mountain, Intake Bridge, Misery Plateau, Mt Field National Park, Mt Wellington, Wombat Moor.
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, cryptozoic, litter, montane, predator, subtropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Taken in moss, Poa gunnii Vickery [Poaceae], sedge and rush tufts, taken in Nothofagus Blume [Fagaceae] forests, taken in wet subalpine heath (composed of Agrostis L. [Poaceae], Astelia alpina R.Br. [Liliaceae], Cyathodes Labill. [Epacridaceae], Gleichenia Smith [Gleicheniaceae], Restio Rottb. [Restionaceae], Richea R. Br. [Epacridaceae], and Sprengelia Smith [Epacridaceae], taken between 50 to 1000 m, collected year round.
General References
Emsley, M.G. 1969. The Schizopteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with the description of new species from Trinidad. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 1969(25): 1-154 [84] (list, type information)
Hill, L. 1980. Tasmanian Dipsocoroidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19: 107-127 [114] (redescription, distribution, larvae)
Hill, L. 1985. New records and species of Pateena Hill (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 273-281 [280] (relationships)
Hill, L. 1987. Four new Australian species of Hypselosoma Reuter (Heteroptera: Schizopteridae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26: 265-278 [274, figs 55-66] (description)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |