Species Melanerythrus mactans (Stål, 1866)

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Species Melanerythrus mactans (Stål, 1866)

Lygaeus mactans Stål, C. 1866. Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 151-172 [162].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM ♀, western Australia (as Australia occid[entalis]).
Paralectotype(s) NHRM 2♀.
Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1978. Taxonomic notes on Lygaeinae from Australia and neighboring areas (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71: 854-858 [857].
Lygaeus ruficeps 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. [63].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 3♀ (Walker indicates 6 specimens in original syntypical series).
Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1978. Taxonomic notes on Lygaeinae from Australia and neighboring areas (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71: 854-858 [857].
Stalagmostethus melanesicus Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Hemiptera: New and old.—No. I. The Canadian Entomologist 41: 30-32 [31] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Lygaeus mactans nec Cimex mactans Fabricius, 1781 (Pentatomidae)].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 531-541 [536]

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Bentinck Is., Clermont, Cunnamulla, May Downs Station, Mornington Is., Powella, Thargomindah, NSW—Bourke, Caldwell, Kinchega National Park, Wentworth Falls, VIC—Glen Wills, SA—Arkaroola, Balcanoona Creek, Binberrie Gill, Blackwood, Bridgewater, Canniwaulkaninna Dune, Carisbrook Park, Coongie Lakes, Coorong National Park, Fulham, Gammon Ranges, Hallet Cove, Italowie Gorge, Lake Everard Station, Lake Eyre, Lake Frome, Lake Surprise, Leigh Creek, Mannum, Mernmerna, Mitcham, Normanton, Oakden Hills, Orroroo, Parsons Beach, Purple Downs, Simpsons Desert, Scorpion Springs Conservation Park, Salisbury, Vivian Well, Waitpinga, Wilpera National Park, Yardea Station, Yunta, NT—Areyonga, Arnhem Land, Roper River, Darwin, Newcastle Waters, SA—Adelaide, Mt Lofty Ranges, WA—Canning Stock Route, Gill Pinnacle, King George's Sound, Nedlands; Australian Region (extralimital distribution)—East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia: West Timor; Western Samoa.

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), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), 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), 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), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), 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), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore (associated flora: Carya pecan C.K.Schneider [JUGLANDACEAE] Pecan Nut; Fragaria ananassa Duch. [ROSACEAE] Strawberry; Solanum lucani F.Muell. [SOLANACEAE]; Solanum sp. [SOLANACEAE]), gregarious, ground dweller, pecans, soil dweller, terrestrial, volant.