Species Ontiscus australis Stål, 1874
- Ontiscus australis 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 [124].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♀, N Australia (as Australia borealis).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Emu Vale, Iron Range, Lamington National Park, Levers Plateau, Rathdowney, Stradbroke Is., Sunnybank, NSW—Ashton Park, Coffs Harbour, George's River, Lawson, Lindfield, Woodburn, VIC—Apollo Bay, TAS—Cradle Mountain, Strahan, WA—Welshpool, NT—Ormiston.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), 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), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, granivore (associated flora: Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf [POACEAE] Kangaroo Grass; Cyperus sp. [CYPERACEAE]), subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Found in maturing seed heads, eggs laid in batches inside glumes of spikelets.
General References
Ashlock, P.D. 1957. An investigation of the taxonomic value of the phallus in the Lygaeidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 50: 407-426 [417] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Ontiscus australicus)
Malipatil, M.B. 1973. The nymph of Cryptorhamphus orbus Stål (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Cryptorhamphinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12: 39-41 [41] (larvae)
Malipatil, M.B. 1977. Immature stages of Ontiscus Stål (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Cyminae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 16: 321-326 [321] (larvae)
Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. Three new species of Ontiscus Stål (Hem., Lygaeidae) with a generic redescription and key to species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 93: 169-171 [169] (description)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [420] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. & Hurlbutt, H.W. 1957. A comparative study of the metathoracic wing in the family Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 59: 67-79 [70, 77] (hind wing)
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 | ||
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