Species Leptocoris mitellatus Bergroth, 1916
- Leptocoris mitellata Bergroth, E. 1916. Heteropterous Hemiptera collected by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer during the Horn Expedition into Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 29: 19-39 [31].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV (depository uncertain), Glen Helen, MacDonald Range, Illamurta, James Range, NT.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Biloela, Bunya Mountains, NSW—Bogan River, Wilcannia, SA—Berri, Ooldea.
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), Carnarvon (CAR), 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), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), 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), 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), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), 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), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, granivore (associated flora: Alectryon tomentosus (F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Hairy Bird's Eye; Geijera parviflora Lindl. [RUTACEAE] Wilga; Heterodendron oleifolium Desf. [SAPINDACEAE]), herbivore (associated flora: Alectryon oleifolius (Desf.) S.T.Reynolds [SAPINDACEAE] Bonaree; Alectryon subcinereus (A.Gray) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Native Quince; Elattostachys xylocarpa (A.Cunn. ex F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] White Tamarind; Atalaya hemiglauca (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. [SAPINDACEAE] Whitewood; Koelreuteria elegans (Seem.) A.C.Sm. [SAPINDACEAE]), subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Blöte, H.C. 1934. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I, Corizinae, Alydinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 253-285 [269] (distribution)
Göllner-Scheiding, U. 1983. General-Katalog der Familie Rhopalidae (Heteroptera). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 59: 37-189 [170] (catalogue, bibliography)
Gross, G.F. 1960. A revision of the genus Leptocoris Hahn (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Rhopalinae) from the Indo-Pacific and Australian regions. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13: 403-451 pl. XLVIII [418 pl. 58] (description)
Hely, P.C., Pasfield, G. & Gellatley, J.G. 1982. Insect Pests of Fruit and Vegetables in NSW. Melbourne : Inkata Press 312 pp. [290, 297] (bionomics)
Kumar, R. 1965. Aspects of the morphology of Coreoidea and their value in its higher classification. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 76: 27-91 [68, 81 figs] (morphology)
Schaefer, C.W. & Chopra, N.P. 1982. Cladistic analysis of the Rhopalidae, with a list of food plants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 75: 224-233 [230] (host plants)
Woodward, T.E. 1951. The occurrence of Acantholybas brunneus Breddin in New Zealand (Heteroptera: Coreidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 79: 206-209 [207] (note)
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