Species Melanotelus geriae Slater, 1985
- Melanotelus geriae Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [414].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, 39 km SW of Wave Hill Homestead, NT [17°39‘S 130°52‘E].
Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀; QM ♀; WAM 4♂ 4♀.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
WA—Port Headland, Uaroo Station, NT—Finke Gorge National Park, Inverway Homestead.
IBRA
NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
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. [17] (catalogue)
History of changes
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