Species Dindymus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1853)
Harlequin Bug
- Odontopus versicolor Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1853. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 9 Index 210 pp. [178].
Type data:
Holotype ZMM sex unknown, unknown (as ?Vaterland).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
TAS—Bass Is., SA—Kangaroo Is.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Prunus amygdalus Batsch. [ROSACEAE] Almond; Malus pumila Mill. [ROSACEAE] Apple; Prunus armeniaca L. [ROSACEAE] Apricot; Cynara scolymus L. [ASTERACEAE] Artichoke; Ribes nigrum L. [GROSSULARIACEAE] Blackcurrant; Ficus carica L. [MORACEAE] Fig; Ribes grossularia L. [GROSSULARIACEAE] Gooseberry; Vitis vinifera L. [VITACEAE] Grape; Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [ROSACEAE] Peach, Nectarine; Pyris communis L. [ROSACEAE] Pear; Solanum tuberosum L. [SOLANACEAE] Potato; Rubus idaeus L. [ROSACEAE] Raspberry; Fragaria ananassa Duch. [ROSACEAE] Strawberry; Helianthus annuus L. [ASTERACEAE] Sunflower; Althaea rosea Cav. [MALVACEAE]; Malva rotundifolia L. [MALVACEAE]), predator (host(s): Teia anartoides Walker, 1855 [LYMANTRIIDAE]), terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Taken from under beehives, feeding on dead larvae of Teia anartoides [Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae] (as Orgyia anartoides).
General References
Anon. 1940. Insect pests and their control. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 51: 513-516, 526 [516] (pest)
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 [641] (pest)
Blöte, H.C. 1931. Catalogue of the Pyrrhocoridae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 14: 97-136 [115] (catalogue)
Evans, J.W. 1943. Insect Pests and Their Control. Department of Agriculture Tasmania. Hobart : H.H. Pimblett 178 pp. [fig. 26] (habitus)
Evans, J.W. 1952. The Injurious Insects of the British Commonwealth (except the British Isles, India and Pakistan): with a section on the control of weeds by insects. London : Commonwealth Institute of Entomology vii 42 pp. [109] (pest of vegetable crops)
French, C. 1933. New records of plants attacked by native insects. No. 5. The Harlequin bug (Dindymus versicolor Schom.). Victorian Naturalist 50: 47-56 [47] (pest, biology)
French, C. & Pescott, R.T.M. 1933. Native insect pests of orchard and garden. Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria 31: 580-582 [580] (pest)
Froggatt, W.W. 1901. Notes on Australian Hemiptera (plant Bugs). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 12: 1592-1601 1 colour pl. [1599 pl. fig. 10] (pest, habitus)
Froggatt, W.W. 1915. Insect pests of the strawberry. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 26: 133-137 [137] (pest, host strawberries)
Hely, P.C., Pasfield, G. & Gellatley, J.G. 1982. Insect Pests of Fruit and Vegetables in NSW. Melbourne : Inkata Press 312 pp. [233, 242, 248, 257, 290, 297] (bionomics)
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. A list of Hemiptera (excluding Sternorrhyncha) of the Maorian Subregion, with notes on a few of the species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 41: 22-29 [29] (New Zealand)
Littler, F.M. 1918. Notes from Tasmania. Journal of Economic Entomology 11: 472-475 [472] (pest)
McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [81] (description)
McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian insects. The bugs—order Hemiptera-Heteroptera, I. Australian Museum Magazine 8: 27-31 [28] (description)
Mendis, A.S. & Fernando, C.H. 1962. A guide to the freshwater fauna of Ceylon. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Station of Ceylon, Colombo 12: 1-160 [59] (pest, biology)
Myers, J.G. 1922. The order Hemiptera in New Zealand with special reference to its biological economic aspects. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology 5(1): 1-12 [5] (biology)
Myers, J.G. 1926. Biological notes on New Zealand Heteroptera. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 449-511 pls 81-86 [486] (biology, New Zealand)
Myers, J.G. & China, W.E. 1928. A list of New Zealand Heteroptera with the description of a remarkable green aradid representing a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 1: 377-394 [385] (list, New Zealand)
Quaintance, A.L. 1913. Remarks on some of the injurious insects of other countries. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 15: 54-83 [60] (feeding habits)
Schaefer, C.W. & Ahmad, I. 2000. Cotton Stainers and their Relatives (Pyrrhocoroidea: Pyrrhocoridae and Largidae). pp. 271-307 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [290] (bionomics)
Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [147] (description, biology)
Common Name References
Abalos, J.W. & Wygodzinsky, P. 1951. Las Triatominae argentinas (Reduviidae: Hemiptera). Instituto de Medicina Regional de la Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Monografia 2: 1-178 [154] (Harlequin Bug)
History of changes
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