Species Oechalia schellenbergii (Guérin, 1831)

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Species Oechalia schellenbergii (Guérin, 1831)

Predatory Shield Bug

Pentatoma schellenbergii Guérin, F.É. 1831. Atlas. pls 1-21 Insectes in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 11 fig. 9] [incorrect original spelling as Pentatoma schellembergii].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Port Jackson, NSW (as Port-Jakson).
Type locality references:
Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Pt 2 Div. 1 ch. xiii Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L.J. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand. [166].
Pentatoma consociale Boisduval, J.B.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. pp. 1-713 in no editor given (ed.). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu pp. 1-713. [630].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Sydney, NSW (as Sidney).
Rhaphigaster perfectus Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 241-417. [371].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 4 specimens, Australia (no exact locality); Moreton Bay, QLD; New Zealand.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [59] (synonymy of Pentatoma consociale)
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [25] (synonymy of Rhaphigaster perfectus)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Bainborough Downs, Bathurst Head, Edungalba, Magnetic Is., May Downs, Marduroo Waterhole, Rockhampton, Stanthorpe, Townsville, NSW—Bourke district, Cobar, Dorrigo, Galston, Katoomba, Lake Menindee, Mt Kosciuszko, Sydney, Tom Groggin, Wilcannia, VIC—Apollo Bay, Ararat, Kaniva, Kiata, Hall's Gap, Lake Eppalock, Lowan Sanctuary, TAS—Devonport, King Island, Launceston, SA—Athelstone, Belair, Calpatnna Well Conservation Park, Cannuwaukaninna Dune, Gammon Ranges, Gawler Ranges, Kangaroo Is., Lake Surprise, Musgrave Ranges, Ngarkat Conservation Park, Nullarbor Plains, Ooldea, Parachilna, Paralana Hot Springs, Redcliff Homestead, Scorpion Springs Conservation Park, Simpson Desert, Two Wells, Yumbarra Conservation Park, WA—Ballidu, Bunjil, Canning Stock Route, Carnarvon, Comet Vale, Esperance district, Fortescue River, Geraldton, Jeedanya, Jibberding, Maya, Kalbarri, Mt Magnet, Mullewa, Murchison River Reserve, Nabawa, Naraling, Northhampton, Regans Ford, Shark Bay, Tammin, Wiluna, Wootamel, Yandamooka, Youanmi, NT—Armstrong Creek, Dingo Hole Dam, Renner Springs, Uluru.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), 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), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder (host(s): Papilio (Eleppone) anactus W.S. Macleay, 1826 [PAPILIONIDAE] Dingy Swallowtail; Poneridia semipullata (Clark, 1864) [CHRYSOMELIDAE] Figleaf Beetle; Phalaenoides glycinae Lewin, 1805 [NOCTUIDAE] Grapevine Moth; Paropsis charybdis Stål, 1860 [CHRYSOMELIDAE]), herbivore, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Polyphagous predator of holometabolous larvae, collected on Acacia species (MIMOSACEAE), Callitris species (CUPRESSACEAE), Cassia species (CAESALPINIACEAE), Cynara species (ASTERACEAE), Eucalyptus species (MYRTACEAE), Leptospermum species and Melaleuca sp. (MYRTACEAE).