Species Pneustocerus pluto (Gross, 1950)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Metacanthus pluto Gross, G.F. 1950. The stilt bugs (Heteroptera: Neididae) of the Australian and New Zealand Regions. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 313-326 [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Bunya Mountains, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM ♀; BMNH 1 specimen; SAMA I20028 2 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, herbivore (associated flora: Dendrocnide sp. [URTICACEAE] Stinging Tree), sap-feeder, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C.. 1998. Catalog of the Stilt Bugs or Berytidae, of the World (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(4): 1-72 [41] (catalogue)

Pendergrast, J.G. 1957. Studies on the reproductive organs of the Heteroptera with a consideration of their bearing on classification. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 109: 1-63 [15] (reproductive organs)

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