Species Menestheus cuneatus Distant, 1899

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Regional Maps

• Menestheus cuneatus Distant, W.L. 1899. Rhynchotal notes. III. Heteroptera: Discocephalinae and Pentatominae (part). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 4: 421-445 [431].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Peak Downs, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Normanton, Mornington Is., Ravenshoe, NT—Daly River, McArthur River.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

 

General References

Faúndez, E.I. & Rider, D.A. 2018. Review of the genus Menestheus Stål, 1868 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4407(2): 275-280 [278]

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [181] (catalogue)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED