Species Kumaressa scutellata Monteith, 1966
- Kumaressa scutellata Monteith, G.B. 1966. A new genus of Chinamyersiinae (Heteroptera: Aradidae) from Australia, with notes on its relationships and male genitalia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 5: 46-50 [48].
Type data:
Holotype QM T6364 ♂, Lamington National Park, QLD.
Paratype(s) QM 8 larvae.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
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
Closed forest, flightless, fungivore, on dead wood, subtropical, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
In crevices on underside of fallen timber.
General References
Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [93] (catalogue)
Monteith, G.B. 1969. The relationship of Kumaressa Monteith and Tretocoris Usinger and Matsuda with a new species of Kumaressa (Hemiptera: Aradidae: Chinamyersiinae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 81: 75-81 [75, 76, 79] (description)
Monteith, G.B. 1980. Relationships of the genera of Chinamyersiinae, with description of a relict species from mountains of north Queensland (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects 21: 275-285 [276] (key)
History of changes
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