Species Neolethaeus australiensis Woodward, 1963
- Neolethaeus australiensis Woodward, T.E. 1963. A new species of Neolethaeus Distant from Australia (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 2: 61-66 [63].
Type data:
Holotype QM T5986 ♀, Fourmartin, Darling Downs, QLD.
Paratype(s) BMNH; EUQ 1♂1♀; QM ♀ (not given as depository in original description); USNM 2♂ 2♀
Comment: 6♂ 12♀ paratypes designated, number for each depository not discernible from original description.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bamaga, Cunnamulla, Gregory Downs, Mt Isa, Normanton, Ravenshoe, Winton, NSW—Moree, WA—Mt Trafalgar, VIC—Kawarren, NT—Alexandria, Daly River, Howard Springs, Lake Woods, Leila Lagoon, Newcastle Waters, Oenpelli, Roper River, Warloch Ponds.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), 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), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), 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), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Ex bulk wheat, ex rotten corn cobs.
General References
Ashlock, P.D. 1964. Two new tribes of Rhyparochrominae: a re-evaluation of the Lethaeini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 57: 414-422 [420] (note)
Khan, P. & Woodward, T.E. 1979. The spermatheca and associated structures of Lethaeini (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18: 39-44 [39] (spermatheca)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [837] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. 1975. On the biology and zoogeography of Australian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with special reference to the southwest fauna. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 47-64 [57] (wing polymorphism)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |