Species Plinthisus (Nanoplinthisus) platycephalus Slater & Sweet, 1977

Museums

Regional Maps

• Plinthisus (Nanoplinthisus) platycephalus Slater, J.A. & Sweet, M.H. 1977. The genus Plinthisus Stephens in the Australian region (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 8: 109-152 [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I20994 ♂, Swan River, WA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 1♂ 2♀ 1 (sex undetermined); CSLAT
  Comment: 6♂ 3♀ paratypes designated.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Flightless, granivore, ground dweller, seed litter, temperate, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Brachypterous.

 

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

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