Species Noteolethaeus armstrongi Woodward & Slater, 1962
- Noteolethaeus armstrongi Woodward, T.E. & Slater, J.A. 1962. A new genus of Lethaeini common to Australia and South Africa with descriptions of two new species (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 1: 57-61 [58].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Samford Valley, Camp Mountain District, QLD.
Paratype(s) ANIC; BMNH ♂ ♀; EUQ ♀; NMV; QM 2♀; SAMA 1 specimen (abdomen missing); CSLAT; USNM
Comment: 4♂ 10♀ paratypes designated.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Carnarvon Gorge, NSW—Nyngan district, Sydney, VIC—Fern Tree Gully.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, granivore (associated flora: Ehrharta brevifolia Schrader [POACEAE]; Spartochloa scirpoidea (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. [POACEAE]), litter, open woodland, seed litter, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, under logs, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Wing polymorphism, macropterous and submacropterous morphs, under logs, base of tussocks, dry habitat, burnt habitat, associated with rhyparochromids: Lamproceps sp., Myocara near acuminatum, Plinthisus sp.
General References
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, 63] (wing polymorphism, host, biology)
Slater, J.A. 1976. The biology, distribution and taxonomy of some Lygaeidae of Southwest Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 129-151 [147] (description, distribution, biology)
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-Nov-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 13-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED |