Species Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794)

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Species Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794)

Lygaeus hospes Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. 1. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. xx 330 pp. [150].
Type data:
Holotype ZMK, India (as Tranquebariae).
Lygaeus affinis Wolff, J.F. 1802. Icones Cimicum Descriptionibus Illustratae. Erlangan : J.J. Palm Vol. 3 pp. 85-126 pls 9-12. [110].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, in Oriental region (as orientalische), no exact locality.
Lygaeus lanio Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1843. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 7 pp. 17-40. [21].
Type data:
Holotype ZSM (depository uncertain), locality unknown.
Secondary source:
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [197].
Lygaeus squalidus Montrouzier, X. 1861. Essai sur la faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des îles des Pins, Art, Lifu, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 1: 59-74 [66].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, New Caledonia (as Nouvelle-Calédonie).
Lygaeus hospes celebensis Breddin, G. 1901. Die Hemipteren von Celebes ein beitrag zur faunistik der insel. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 24: 1-213 1 pl. [78].
Type data:
Holotype DEIB, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Taylor & Francis Part 2 369-592 pp. pls XII-XV. [544] (synonymy of Lygaeus lanio)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [200] (alternative arrangement, subspecies classification not followed in this work)
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [422] (synonymy of Lygaeus hospes celebensis)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is.).

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), 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), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), 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), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, granivore (associated flora: Wahlenbergia gracilis (G.Forst.) A.DC. [CAMPANULACEAE] Australian Bluebell; Solanum nigrum L. [SOLANACEAE] Deadly Nightshade; Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. [ASTERACEAE] Emilia; Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S.Moore [ASTERACEAE] Thickhead; Asclepias curassavica L. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Asclepias fructicosa L. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Crotalaria saltiana Andr. [FABACEAE]; Urena lobata L. [MALVACEAE]; Gossypium sp. [MALVACEAE]; Physalis peruviana L. [SOLANACEAE]; Sida sp. [MALVACEAE]; Solanum lasiophylum Poiret [SOLANACEAE]; Solanum lucani F.Muell. [SOLANACEAE]), gregarious, terrestrial, volant.