Species Pachygrontha robusta Slater, 1955

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Kogan, Rathdowney, Torres Strait Ils (Prince of Wales Is., Thursday Is.).


IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Granivore (associated flora: Gahnia sp. [CYPERACEAE]), 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] (morphology)

Malipatil, M.B. & Kumar, R. 1975. Biology and immature stages of some Queensland Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 113-128 [113, 116-120] (larvae)

Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [725] (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 [57] (distribution, host plant)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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