Species Paromius australis Malipatil, 1978
- Paromius australis Malipatil, M.B. 1978. Revision of the Myodochini (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 56: 1-178 [60].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Lockerbie area, Cape York, QLD.
Paratype(s) BMNH; EUQ; QM ♀; SAMA; CSLAT
Comment: 2♂ 3♀ paratypes designated.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Cairns district, Coen, Iron Range, Kuranda, Lockerbie, Mt Molloy, Mossman, Palm Is., Stewart River, Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is,), WA—Kimberley Research Station, NT—Adelaide River district, Groote Eylandt, Katherine, Melville Is., Stapleton.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), 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
Coastal dunes, granivore, ground dweller, herbivore, nocturnal, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Sweeping strand vegetation.
General References
Cassis, G. 1993. A report on the Heteroptera and Dermaptera from the survey of Cape York Peninsula. pp. 109–123 in, Cape York Peninsula Scientific Expedition Wet Season 1992 Report. Volume 1. Fortitude Valley : The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland vii 295 pp. [114] (distribution, habitat)
Harrington, B.J. 1980. A generic level revision and cladistic analysis of the Myodochini of the World (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae, Rhyparochromidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 167(2): 45-116 [94] (list)
Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [157] (catalogue)
History of changes
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| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |