Species Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) quadriguttatus (Fabricius, 1775)

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Species Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) quadriguttatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Cimex quadriguttatus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [720] [first introduced as Cimex 4-guttatus].
Type data:
Neotype ANIC ♂, Palm Island, QLD.
Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [434].
Lygaeus castaneipes Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Taylor & Francis Part 2 369-592 pp. pls XII-XV. [536].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia (as N. Holland).
Lygaeus innotatus Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Taylor & Francis Part 2 369-592 pp. pls XII-XV. [537].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia (as N.W. coast, N. Holland).
Lygaeus contiguus Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [62].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Lygaeus consors Distant, W.L. 1918. Contributions to a further knowledge of the Rhynchotal Family Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 2: 173-179, 257-270, 416-424, 486-492 [418].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀ (one specimen without abdomen).
Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1978. Taxonomic notes on Lygaeinae from Australia and neighboring areas (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71: 854-858 [856].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 531-541 [534] (synonymy of Lygaeus innotatus and Lygaeus consors)
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [433] (synonymy of Lygaeus castaneipes and Lygaeus consors)

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Townsville, SA—Everard Ranges district, Musgrave Ranges, Port Pirie, Whyalla, NT—Huckitta district.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, granivore (associated flora: Gossypium sp. [MALVACEAE]; Sarcostemma australe R.Br. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]), gregarious, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.