Species Poecilometis eximius Stål, 1865
- Poecilometis eximius Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera nova vel minus cognita. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 5: 163-188 [165].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, N Australia (as Australia borealis). - Poecilometis mundus Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [545].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gross, G.F. 1972. A revision of the species of Australian and New Guinea shield bugs formerly placed in the genera Poecilometis Dallas and Eumecopus Dallas (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with description of new species and selection of lectotypes. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 15: 1-192 [49]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Beerwah, Brisbane, Carnarvon Gorge, Cooloola National Park, Dunwich, Glasshouse Mountains National Park, Mt Etna.
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, herbivore, sap-feeder, subtropical, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [189] (catalogue, separate species)
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [96] (catalogue, separate species)
Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [207] (description)
History of changes
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