Species Ontiscus vitiensis Kirkaldy, 1908
- Ontiscus vitiensis Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345-391 pl. IV [356].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM ♂ ♀, Rewa, Ba, Fiji.
Distribution
States
Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Gladstone.
IBRA
Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, granivore, terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In seed heads.
General References
Hamid, A. 1975. A systematic revision of the Cyminae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) of the world with a discussion of the morphology, biology, phylogeny and zoogeography. Occasional Publications of the Entomological Society of Nigeria 14: 1-179 [45] (first Australian record, description)
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, 171] (description, key)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [420] (catalogue)
History of changes
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