Species Melanerythrus mutilatus (Erichson, 1842)

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• Lygaeus mutilatus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [279].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB sex unknown (type lost), TAS (as Vandiemensland).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

NSW—Bendora, Thredbo, ACT—Mt Gingera, Mt Ginini.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, montane, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Wing polymorphism, brachypterous, micropterous and macropterous morphs known.

 

General References

Gross, G.F. 1965. On the identity of Lygaeus mutilatus Erichson (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 4: 24-26 (description)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [157] (catalogue, incertae sedis)

Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [116] (catalogue)

Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [15] (catalogue)

Stål, C. 1874. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 12(1): 1-186 [118] (incertae sedis)

Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [64] (list)

Woodward, T.E. 1962. Lectotype selection for three of Erichson's species of Australian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 1: 50-56 [56] (type lost)

 

History of changes

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15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
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