Species Nysius vinitor Bergroth, 1891

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Regional Maps

• Nysius vinitor Bergroth, E. 1891. On the new Australian vine pest. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 2: 68-70 [69].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, no localities given.
• Nysius andrewsi Izzard, R.J. 1936. The Hemiptera of Christmas Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 17: 577-600 [580].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Christmas Is.
  Paratype(s) BMNH 21 specimens.
• Nysius usingeri Izzard, R.J. 1958. A new species of Nysius (Hemiptera Heteroptera, Lygaeidae) from Cocos Keeling and Canton Islands. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 94: 285-286 [285].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Cocos (Keeling) Ils.
  Paratype(s) BMNH; BPBM
  Comment: ♂ 5♀ paratypes designated.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malipatil M.B. 2010. Review and revision of Nysius Dallas of Australia and South West Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Orsillidae). Zootaxa 2410: 29-44 (synonymy of Nysius andrewsi and Nysius usinger)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ubiquitous and common across Australia; Philippine Islands. Micronesia: Caroline Islands (see Malipatil M.B. (2010) [14]).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), 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), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, herbivore (associated flora: Medicago sativa L. [FABACEAE] Alfafa, Lucerne; Malus pumila Mill. [ROSACEAE] Apple; Prunus armeniaca L. [ROSACEAE] Apricot; Phaseolus sp. [FABACEAE] Bean; Beta vulgaris L. [CHENOPODIACEAE] Beetroot; Brassica oleracea L. [BRASSICACEAE] Cabbage; Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns [ASTERACEAE] Cape Weed, Cape Dandelion; Capsicum frutescens L. [SOLANACEAE] Capsicum; Daucus carota L. [APIACEAE] Carrot; Apium graveolens dulce (Mill.) Pers. [APIACEAE] Celery; Prunus cerasus L. [ROSACEAE] Cherry; Opuntia stricta stricta (Haw.) Haw. [CACTACEAE] Common Prickly Pear; Sonchus oleraceus L. [ASTERACEAE] Common Sowthistle; Spergula arvensis L. [CARYOPHYLLACEAE] Corn Sperry; Gossypium hirsutum L. [MALVACEAE] Cotton; Gnaphalium purpureum L. [ASTERACEAE] Cudweed; Vitis vinifera L. [VITACEAE] Grape; Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Linum usitatissimum L. [LINACEAE] Linseed, Flax; Zea mays L. [POACEAE] Maize; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench [POACEAE] Millet, Sorghum; Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss [APIACEAE] Parsley; Pastinaca sativa sativa L. [APIACEAE] Parsnip; Pastinaca sativa sativa L. [APIACEAE] Parsnip; Passiflora edulis Sims [PASSIFLORACEAE] Passionfruit; Carica papaya L. [CARICACEAE] Pawpaw, Papaya; Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [ROSACEAE] Peach, Nectarine; Pyris communis L. [ROSACEAE] Pear; Portulaca oleracea L. [PORTULACACEAE] Pigweed; Prunus domestica L. [ROSACEAE] Plum; Solanum tuberosum L. [SOLANACEAE] Potato; Raphanus sativus L. [BRASSICACEAE] Radish; Brassica napus L. [BRASSICACEAE] Rapeseed, Canola; Rheum rhaponticum L. [POLYGONACEAE] Rhubarb; Carthamus tinctorius L. [ASTERACEAE] Safflower; Beta vulgaris flavescens (Lam.) Lam. & DC. [CHENOPODIACEAE] Silverbeet; Fragaria ananassa Duch. [ROSACEAE] Strawberry; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Nicotiana tabacum L. [SOLANACEAE] Tobacco; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. [SOLANACEAE] Tomato; Helianthus annuus L. [ASTERACEAE] Turnip; Brassica rapa L. [BRASSICACEAE] Turnip; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Polygonum aviculare L. [POLYGONACEAE] Wireweed; Thryptomene maisonneuvei F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE]; Correa sp. [RUTACEAE]; Senecio cunninghamii D.C. [ASTERACEAE]; Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]; Dianthus caryophyllus L. [CARYOPHYLLACEAE]; Atriplex paludosa R.Br. [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Scholtzia laxiflora Benth. [MYRTACEAE]; Arthrocnemum halocnemoides pterygospermum J.M.Black [CHENOPODIACEAE]; Spartochloa scirpoidea (Steud.) C.E.Hubb. [POACEAE]), terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Pest species, feeding on a broad range of cruciferous crops, native tachinid (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasites Alophora lepidofera (Malloch) and Leucostoma simplex (Fallen).

 

General References

Allen, W.J. & Hogg, S.A. 1920. Cherry growing in New South Wales. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 31: 277-279 (host plant)

Anon. 1940. Insect pests and their control. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 51: 150-154 (pest management)

Anon. 1940. Some common insect pests of fruit trees and vines in South Australia. Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia 34: 633-646 (host plant, pest management)

Anon. 1942. Insect pests. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 53: 188-191, 511-516, 559-563 (pest management)

Anon. 1943. Insect pests. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 54: 467-471, 511-516 (pest management)

Attia, F.I. 1973. Alophora lepidofera (Diptera: Tachinidae) a native parasite of the rutherglen bug, Nysius vinitor and the grey cluster bug, Nysius clevelandensis (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society N.S.W. 12(4): 353-354 (parasitism)

Attia, F.I. 1974. Laboratory evaluation of insecticides against Nysius vinitor Bergroth and Nysius clevelandensis Evans (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 161-164 (bionomics)

Barber, H.G. 1958. Insects of Micronesia. Heteroptera: Lygaeidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 173-218 [181-183] (description, Micronesia)

Broadley, R.H., Simpson, B.W. & Beavis, C.H.S. 1986. Damage by Nysius spp. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in non-stressed Helianthus annuus L. crops. Queensland Agricultural Journal 18: 17-24 (bionomics)

Broadley, R.H. & Rossiter, P.D. 1980. Rutherglen bug control in sunflowers. Queensland Agricultural Journal 102: 408-412 (bionomics)

Broadley, R.H. & Rossiter, P.D. 1982. Incidence of Nysius spp. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in south Queensland sunflowers. General and Applied Entomology 14: 69-71 (bionomics)

Chadwick, C.E. & Nikitin, M.I. 1985. Records of parasitism by members of the family Tachinidae (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Australian Zoologist 21: 587-598 (parasitism)

Davey, H.W. 1918. Diseases of fruit trees and their treatment. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria 16: 101-107 (pest management)

Evans, J.W. 1936. A new species of Nysius (Hem.: Lygaeidae) from Tasmania, and notes on the economic importance of the genus. Bulletin of Entomological Research 27: 673-676 (bionomics)

French, C. 1891. A Handbook of the Destructive Pests of Victoria: with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Melbourne : R.S. Brain, Government Printer iv 153 pp., pls I-XIV. [104] (biology)

French, C. 1913. Insect pests of the potato. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria 11: 729-748 (host plant, biology)

French, C. 1915. Insect pests of the carnation. Home & Garden Beautiful 1915: 999-1001 (host plant, pest)

French, C. 1918. The Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor). A destructive pest to potatoes, tomatoes, grapes, peaches, etc. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria 16: 738-740 (oviposition, pest management)

Friend, A.H. 1946. Cauliflower seed crop pests. Field experiments with the newer insecticides. Observations & results. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 57: 181-182 (host plant, pest management)

Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [333] (biology)

Froggatt, W.W. 1915. Insect pests of the strawberry. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 133-137 (host plant, biology)

Froggatt, W.W. 1916. The Rutherglen bug, (Nysius vinitor, Berg.). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 27: 270-292 (pest)

Froggatt, W.W. 1917. Insects and prickly pear. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 28: 417-426 (biology, pest management)

Froggatt, W.W. 1920. Insects found on tobacco in New South Wales. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 21: 714-716 3 pls (host plant)

Greaves, T. & Rockford, R.R. 1946. Observations on the relative susceptibility of potato varieties to attack by the Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor Berg). Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Australia 19: 387-393 (host plant, pest)

Hargreaves, H. 1948. List of Recorded Cotton Insects of the World. London : Harrison & Sons Ltd 50 pp. [29] (host plant, pest management)

Helson, G.A.H. & Greaves, T. 1945. The use of DDT as an agricultural insecticide. Results of trials, 1944–1945. Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Australia 18: 301-309 (pest control)

Hely, P.C., Pasfield, G. & Gellatley, J.G. 1982. Insect Pests of Fruit and Vegetables in NSW. Melbourne : Inkata Press 312 pp. [74,124,136,147,154,189,211,233,242,244,257,265,269,285,297] (bionomics)

Hill, A.V. 1943. Insect transmission and host plants of virescence (big bud of tomato). Journal of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Australia 16: 85-90 2 pls (pest control)

Kehat, M. & Wyndham, M. 1972. The influence of temperature on development, longevity, and fecundity in the Rutherglen bug, Nysius vinitor (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 67-78 (biology)

Kehat, M. & Wyndham, M. 1973. The relation between food age, and flight in the Rutherglen bug, Nysius vinitor (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 21: 427-434 (biology)

Kehat, M. & Wyndham, M. 1974. Differences in flight behaviour of male and female Nysius vinitor Bergroth (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 27-29 (biology)

Kehat, M. & Wyndham, M. 1974. The effect of temperature and relative humidity extremes on the survival of the Rutherglen bug Nysius vinitor (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 81-84 (biology)

Kehat, M. & Wynhdam, M. 1972. The effect of food and water on development, longevity and fecundity in the Rutherglen bug, Nysius vinitor (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 119-130 (biology)

Kehat, M. & Wynhdam, M. 1973. Flight activity and displacement in the Rutherglen bug Nysius vinitor (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 21: 413-426 (biology)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. Biological notes on the Hemiptera of the Hawaiian Isles. No. 1. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 1: 135-161 [149] (host plant, larvae)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [156] (catalogue)

Lloyd, N.C. 1945. DDT as an insecticide. Results of preliminary trials. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 56: 347-348 (host plant, pest management)

Malipatil M.B. 2010. Review and revision of Nysius Dallas of Australia and South West Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Orsillidae). Zootaxa 2410: 29-44 [30] (redescription, diagnosis, illustrations, distribution, key to spp.)

McDonald, G., Broadley, R.H., Smith, A.M. & Blackburn, M.D. 1986. Evaluation of insecticides for Nysius vinitor Bergroth. General and Applied Entomology 18: 11-16 (bionomics)

McDonald, G. & Farrow, R.A. 1988. Phenological development and seasonal distribution of the rutherglen bug Nysius vinitor Bergroth (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) on various hosts in Victoria, South-eastern Australia. Bulletin of Entomological Research 78: 493-509 (distribution, host plants)

Nicholls, H.M. 1932. The Rutherglen bug. Tasmanian Journal of Agriculture 3: 51-53

Ramesh, P. 1994. Dispersal capacity of the nymphs of Rutherglen bug, Nysius vinitor Berg. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bulletin of Entomology 35(1–2): 48-52 (biology, dispersal)

Ramesh, P. 1994. Movement of Nysius vinitor Berg. (Hemiptera-Lygaeidae) nymphs on the soil surface. Bulletin of Entomology 35(1–2): 40-47 (biology, epigaeic)

Ramesh, P. 1995. Monitoring up and down movements of the Rutherglen bug Nysius vinitor Berg. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) on the stems of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) plants. Indian Journal of Entomology 1995: 240-244 (host plant, biology)

Sadana, G.L. & Goel, N. 1996. Predation on some insects of oilseed crops by spider Oxyopes pandae Tikader (Oxopidae: Arachnidae). Journal of Insect Science 9: 71-72 (predation)

Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [305-308] (catalogue)

Slater, J.A. 1976. The immature stages of Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southwest Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 101-126 (larvae)

Slater, J.A., Ashlock, P.D. & Wilcox, D.B. 1969. The Blissinae of Thailand and Indochina (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 11: 671-733 (host plant)

Sloan, W.J.S. 1942. The control of tomato pests. Queensland Agricultural Journal 56: 277-294 (bionomics)

Sweet, M.H. 2000. Seed and Chinch Bugs. pp. 143-264 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [189] (physiology, bionomics)

Woodward, T.E. 1964. Preliminary note on the distribution of Nysius vinitor Bergroth and Nysius clevelandensis Evans (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 85-86 (distribution)

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [152] (Rutherglen Bug)

 

History of changes

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