Species Opistostenus vulturnus (Kirkaldy, 1908)
- Phlegyas vulturnus Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908. Memoir on a few heteropterous Hemiptera from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 768-788 pl. xliii [771].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 3789, Bundaberg, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Brisbane, Bundaberg, Bunya Mountains National Park, Cunninghams's Gap, Dalby, Emerald, Emu Vale, Gatton, Gayndah, Lawes, Mornington Island, Mt Glorious, Mt Tamborine, Rockhampton, Roma, Tooloom, NSW—Nyngan, Woodenbong, NT—Darwin.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, granivore (associated flora: Themeda australis (R.Br.) Stapf [POACEAE] Kangaroo Grass; Paspalum longifolium Roxb. [POACEAE]), herbivore, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.
General References
Kumar, R. 1968. Aspects of the morphology and relationships of the superfamilies Lygaeoidea, Piesmatoidea and Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 103: 251-261 [256]
Malipatil, M.B. 1979. The biology of some Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of south-east Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 231-249 [247] (host plants)
Slater, J.A. 1956. Notes on Australian Pachygronthinae with the description of a new genus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 67: 21-24 1 pl. [23-24] (description)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [732] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. 1966. A further contribution to our knowledge of the Pachygronthinae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 5: 51-65 [62] (list)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |