Species Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) sordidus (Dallas, 1852)
- Lygaeus sordidus 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 ♂, no locality given.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
NSW—Bellangry Forest.
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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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
Arboreal, diurnal, granivore (associated flora: Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell. [APOCYNACEAE] Common Silkpod; Araujia hortorum E.Fourn. [ASCLEPIADACEAE] Mothvine; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE] Oleander; Hoya sp. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]), gregarious, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Parasitised by Alophora aurieventris Curran (Diptera: Tachinidae).
General References
Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 531-541 [534] (synonymy)
Dohrn, A. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem Entomologischen verein zu Stettin. Stettin : Herrcke & Lebeling ii 112 pp. [32] (catalogue)
Froggatt, W.W. 1901. Notes on Australian Hemiptera (plant Bugs). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 12: 1592-1601 1 colour pl. [1598] (biology, misidentification as Oncopeltus quadriguttatus)
Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [333] (biology, misidentification as Oncopeltus quadriguttatus)
Froggatt, W.W. 1923. Insect pests of the cultivated cotton plant. No. 3.—Cotton stainers and other plant bugs. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 34: 209-212 [202] (host plant, cotton, misidentification as Oncopeltus quadriguttatus)
Gurney, W.B. 1924. Insect pests of cotton in New South Wales. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 35: 49-55, 137-138, 422-428 (host plant, cotton, misidentification as Oncopeltus quadriguttatus)
Horváth, G. 1914. Miscellanea Hemipterologica. XIII–XVII. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 12: 623-660 [653] (description)
Horváth, G. 1914. Miscellanea Hemipterologica. XIII–XVII. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 12: 623-660 [653-654] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement subspecific arrangement)
McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [81] (description)
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [436] (description, possible hybridization with Oncopeltus quadriguttatus (Fabricius))
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [172] (catalogue)
Stål, C. 1866. Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 151-172 [161] (description)
Stål, C. 1874. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 12(1): 1-186 [101] (description)
Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [147] (misidentification as Oncopeltus quadriguttatus)
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 04-Oct-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED |