Species Melanerythrus uptoni Slater, 1985
- Melanerythrus uptoni Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [410].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Standley Chasm, 43 km W by S of Alice Springs, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
NT: Burt Plain (BRT), Central Ranges (CR), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arid, diurnal, flightless, granivore, gregarious, subtropical, terrestrial.
General References
Gusev, R.V. 1993. The hitherto unknown male of the Australian species Melanerythrus uptoni A. Slater (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 1992: 61-62 (male)
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)
History of changes
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