Species Melanacanthus margineguttatus Distant, 1911
- Melanacanthus margineguttatus Distant, W.L. 1911. Rhynchotal notes. LV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 7: 576-586 [585].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, N Australia (no exact locality); Alexandria, NT.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Mackay, Mornington Is., Normanton, Thorntonia, NSW—Armidale, Bourke, Menindee Lakes, SA—Anna Creek, Aroona Dam, Belair, Chambers Gorge, Cullymurra Waterhole, Everard Ranges, Godyer Siding, Lake Eyre, Mitcham, Mt Hall, Underdale, Wallaroo, Wirreandah Creek, Woolcalla Siding, WA—Marble Bar, Maya, NT—Mataranka, Renner Springs, Uluru.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), 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), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, granivore (associated flora: Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. [FABACEAE] Pigeon Pea; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Capparis mitchellii Lindl. [CAPPARIDACEAE] Wild Orange; Jatropha gossypifolia L. [EUPHORBIACEAE]), herbivore, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
China, W.E. 1930. Insects of Samoa and other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda. Part II. Fasc. 3. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Insects of Samoa and Other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda 2(3): 81-162 [84, 97] (Samoa, list, distribution)
Evans, J.W. 1928. A note on the occurrence of the coreid Melanacanthus margine-guttatus Distant, in New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 2: 463-464 [463] (New Zealand)
Gross, G.F. 1963. Insects of Micronesia. Coreidae (Alydini by J.C. Schaffner), Neididae, and Nabidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 357-390 [358, 373] (Micronesia)
Usinger, R.L. 1946. Hemiptera Heteroptera of Guam. pp. 11–103 in, Insects of Guam, II. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 189. [25] (Guam, biology)
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] (New Zealand)
Woodward, T.E. 1961. The Heteroptera of New Zealand. Part III—Coreidae, Berytidae, Tingidae, Cimicidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1: 145-158 [149] (New Zealand)
History of changes
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