Species Oxycarenus (Oxycarenus) bicolor Fieber, 1851
- Oxycarenus bicolor Fieber, F.X. 1851. Rhynchotographien, drei monographische Abhandlungen. Abhandlungen der Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, Prague 5 7: 425-486 [463].
Type data:
Holotype NHMW (depository uncertain), India (Hinterindien). - Oxycarenus musculus Breddin, G. 1907. Berytiden und Myodochiden von Ceylon aus der Sammelausbeute von Dr. W. Horn (Rhynch. Het.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1907: 34-47, 203-220 [219].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB ♂ ♀ specimens (depository uncertain), Trincomalee, Anuadhapura, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Horváth, G. 1926. Sur les Oxycarenus nuisibles aux cotonniers, avec la description d'une espèce nouvelle, (Hem. Lygaeidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1926: 135-136 [136]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Cape York Peninsula, Lockerbie, Torres Strait Ils.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, herbivore (associated flora: Gossypium hirsutum L. [MALVACEAE] Cotton), sap-feeder, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Pest species.
General References
Anon. 1958. List of intercepted insects and mites, 1956. Coop. Econ. Ins. Rept Pl. Pest Cont. Div. Agric. Res. Serv. USDA 8(43): 901-909 [907] (host plant)
Barber, H.G. 1958. Insects of Micronesia. Heteroptera: Lygaeidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 173-218 [191-192] (description)
Bergroth, E. 1918. Studies in Philippine Heteroptera, I. Philippine Journal of Science 13: 43-73, 75-126 [73] (pest, synonymy)
Bhasin, G.D. 1953. A systematic catalogue of the main identified entomological collection at the forest research institute, Dehra Dun. Indian Forest Leaflet 15: 102-117 [113]
Chatterjee, N.C. 1937. [Entomology]. Indian Forest Records ns 3: 105-121 [117] (host plant)
Distant, W.L. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(1) x 242 pp. [44] (description)
Distant, W.L. 1910. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 5 xii 362 pp. [44] (Oxycarenus musculus)
Esaki, T. 1926. Verzeichniss der Hemiptera-Heteroptera der Insel Formosa. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 24: 136-189 [161] (list)
Esaki, T. 1941. A preliminary report on the entomological survey of the Micronesian Islands under the Japanese mandate, with special reference to the insects of economic importance. Proceedings of the 6th Pacific Science Congress 4: 407-415 [411] (host plant)
Gross, G.F. 1959. On the Australian species of coon bugs Oxycarenus Fieber, Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 13: 359-368 pl. XLI [360-363] (description, key, synonymy)
Hargreaves, H. 1948. List of Recorded Cotton Insects of the World. London : Harrison & Sons Ltd 50 pp. [29] (host plant)
Malipatil, M.B. 1987. A new species of Oxycarenus Fieber from Australia (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 4: 39-41 [39] (note)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [669] (catalogue)
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 [142] (list)
Usinger, R.L. 1946. Hemiptera Heteroptera of Guam. pp. 11–103 in, Insects of Guam, II. Bull. Bernice P. Bishop Mus. 189. [29] (host plant)
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