Species Plinthisus (Locutius) woodwardi Slater & Sweet, 1977
- Plinthisus (Locutius) woodwardi Slater, J.A. & Sweet, M.H. 1977. The genus Plinthisus Stephens in the Australian region (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 8: 109-152 [115].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA 21007 ♂, Kings Park, Perth, WA.
Paratype(s) BMNH; CAS; EUQ (none located); NMV; QM 3♂; SAMA I201008-I21012, I21041-I21043 5♂ 5♀; CSLAT; CSWEET
Comment: 88♂ 75♀ paratypes designated, aside from QM and SAMA, number and sex of paratypes for other depositories not discernible from original description.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bunya National Park, Cairns, Lamington National Park, Muttaburra, Mt Glorious, Mt Isa, Stanthorpe, Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is., Prince of Wales Is.), NSW—Bogan River, Cowra, Dorrigo, VIC—Philip Is., TAS—Devonport, Hobart, Launceston, SA—Adelaide, Parra Wirra National Park, WA—Beverley, Perth, Yanchep National Park.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), 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), 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), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore, litter, nocturnal, open forest, seed litter, soil dweller, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In mosses, lichens, tussocks and fallen leaves, in lava fields in New Zealand, associated with Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae], Eucalyptus fasciculosa F.Muell., Eucalyptus leucoxylon F.Muell., Freycinetia Gaudich. [Pandanaceae].
General References
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. [93] (catalogue)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |