Species Phaenacantha australiae Kirkaldy, 1908
Linear Bug
- Phaenacantha australiae 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 [770].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM, Kuranda, QLD.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Ayr, Bamaga, Kuranda, Mossman, Somerset, Torres Strait Ils (Yama Is.), NT—Adelaide River, Batchelor, Coomalie Creek, Darwin, Daly River, Groote Eylandt, WA—Port King George IV.
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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Herbivore, sap-feeder (associated flora: Saccharum officinarum L. [POACEAE] Sugarcane), terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
On grasses.
General References
Illingworth, J.F. 1920. Cane grub investigations. Queensland Agricultural Journal 14: 148-149, 150-152, 198-199, 245-246 [148-152, 198-199] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Phaenacantha australica)
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, 120-122] (larvae)
Myatt, O.W.D. 1973. Linear bug damage in the Herbert River district. The Cane Growers' Quarterly Bulletin 36: 134-135 (biology, pest status)
Štys, P. 1966. Morphology of the wings, abdomen and genitalia of Phaenacantha australiae Kirk. (Heteroptera, Colobathristidae) and notes on the phylogeny of the family. Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 63: 266-280 [266-280] (description, morphology)
Sweet, M.H. 2000. Seed and Chinch Bugs. pp. 143-264 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [225] (bionomics)
Woodward, T.E., Evans, J.W. & Eastop, V.F. 1970. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, etc.). pp. 387-457 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Carlton : Melbourne University Press 1029 pp. [448] (note)
Common Name References
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [150] (Linear Bug)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 |