Species Neuroctenus proximus (Walker, 1873)
- Mezira proximus Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-213. [28].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 271 ♂, King George's Sound, WA (as King George's Sound, New Holland).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 272–278 2♂ 4♀.Subsequent designation references:
Monteith, G.B. 1997. Revision of the Australian flat bugs of the subfamily Mezirinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aradidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(1): 1-169 [27]. - Neuroctenus majusculus Bergroth, E. 1887. Synopsis of the genus Neuroctenus Fieb. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 29: 173-187 [181].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB sex unknown, Swan River, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Monteith, G.B. 1997. Revision of the Australian flat bugs of the subfamily Mezirinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aradidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(1): 1-169 [27]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
WA—Albany, Beedelup National Park, Boranup, Donnybrook, Glenoram, Manjimup, Mundaring, Nornalup, Pemberton, Stirling Ranges (Molgnup Springs), Yallingup, Warren River.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, fungivore, gregarious, open forest, terrestrial, under bark, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Eucalyptus forests.
General References
Bergroth, E. 1887. Synopsis of the genus Neuroctenus Fieb. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 29: 173-187 [187] (note)
Distant, W.L. 1902. Rhynchotal notes. XIII. Heteroptera: Families Tingididae, Phymatidae and Aradidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 9: 353-362 [362]
Kormilev, N.A. 1953. Notes on Aradidae from the Eastern Hemisphere (Hemiptera). Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 64: 333-346 [344]
Kormilev, N.A. 1965. Notes on Aradidae in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 2 18: 1-8 [5] (separate species)
Kormilev, N.A. 1965. Notes on Australian Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 77: 11-35 [28] (separate species)
Kormilev, N.A. 1967. Aradidae in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide II. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 513-550 [532] (distribution)
Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Mezirinae of the Oriental Region and South Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 26: 1-165 [63, 64, 71] (key, distribution)
Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [171, 173] (catalogue, separate species)
Kumar, R. 1967. Morphology of the reproductive and alimentary systems of the Aradoidea (Hemiptera), with comments on relationships within the superfamily. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60: 17-25 (internal anatomy)
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1896. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome III. Hétéroptères Tingidae, Phymatidae, Aradidae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Henicocephalidae, Reduvidae, Saldidae, Apophilidae, Ceratocombidae, Cimicidae, Anthocoridae. Berlin : R. Friedländer & Fils 275 pp. [45] (catalogue, separate species)
Usinger, R.L. & Matsuda, R. 1959. Classification of the Aradidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). London : British Museum of Natural History viii 410 pp. [273] (list, separate species)
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