Species Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914)
- Lethaeus tenebrosus Distant, W.L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. 369-390 pls xi, xii in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln A. Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidels Vol. 2. [382].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Oubatche, New Caledonia.Subsequent designation references:
Scudder, G.G.E. 1967. Rhyparochrominae types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 20: 251-285 [281]. - Lethaeus mungus Scudder, G.G.E. 1958. Lygaeidae (Hemiptera of Rennell and Bellona islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 2: 135-142 [139].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Rennell Is., Solomon Islands.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Scudder, G.G.E. 1962. The world Rhyparochrominae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). I. New synonymy and generic changes. The Canadian Entomologist 94: 764-773 [769]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Atherton, Bamaga, Brisbane, Cairns, Cape Tribulation, Iron Range, Lamington National Park, Lockerbie, Mt Coot-tha, Shipton's Flat, Yeppoon, NT—Darwin, West Alligator River.
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)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, granivore, litter, nocturnal, open forest, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In leaf litter under Lantana [VERBENACEAE].
General References
Cassis, G. 1993. A report on the Heteroptera and Dermaptera from the survey of Cape York Peninsula. pp. 109–123 in, Cape York Peninsula Scientific Expedition Wet Season 1992 Report. Volume 1. Fortitude Valley : The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland vii 295 pp. [113] (distribution , habitat)
Distant, W.L. 1920. Rhynchota from New Caledonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 6: 143-164 [154] (list)
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)
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. [100] (catalogue)
Woodward, T.E. 1968. A new species-pair of Neolethaeus Distant (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) from Northern Queensland and New Guinea. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 80: 35-42 [40] (diagnosis)
History of changes
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