Species Oncylocotis tasmanicus (Westwood, 1837)
- Enicocephalus tasmanicus Westwood, J.O. 1837. Descriptions of several new species of exotic Hemipterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 18-24 1 pl. [24].
Type data:
Holotype OUM Hem. 417 ♂, TAS (as Terrâ Van Diemenii). - Henicocephalus aerius Bergroth, E. 1912. New or little known Hemiptera, chiefly from Australia, in the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31: 343-348 [344].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Jeannel, R. 1942. Les Hénicocéphalides. Monographie d'un groupe d'Hémiptères hématophages. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 110: 273-368 [352]
- Usinger, R.L. 1945. Classification of the Enicocephalidae (Hemiptera, Reduvioidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 38: 321-342 [333, 340] (separate species, as Oncylocotis aerius and Enicocephalus tasmanicus)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
NSW—Katoomba, Minnamurra Falls, Mosman, Sydney, Ulladulla (new records).
IBRA
NSW, Tas: Sydney Basin (SB)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, litter, montane, predator, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Host Pheidole tasmaniensis [Formicidae], Trachycosmus sculptilis [Araneae];.
General References
Bergroth, E. 1889. Note sur le genre Henschiella Horv. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 8: 319 (list, as
Carver, M., Gross, G.F. & Woodward, T.E. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects, etc.) [with contributions by Cassis, G., Evans, J.W., Fletcher, M.J., Hill, L., Lansbury, I., Malipatil, M.B., Monteith, G.B., Moulds, M.S., Polhemus, J.T., Slater, J.A., Štys, P., Taylor, K.L., Weir, T.A. & Williams, D.J.]. pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [481] (note)
Hickman, V.V. & Hickman, J.L. 1981. Observations on the biology of Oncylocotis tasmanicus (Westwood) with descriptions of the immature stages (Hemiptera: Enicocephalidae). Journal of Natural History 15: 703-715 (biology)
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