Species Poecilometis horni (Bergroth, 1916)
- Eumecopus horni Bergroth, E. 1916. Heteropterous Hemiptera collected by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer during the Horn Expedition into Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 29: 19-39 [22].
Type data:
Lectotype UZMH ♀, Alice Springs, NT.Subsequent designation references:
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 [119].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Birdsville, Cunnamulla, WA—Meekatharra-Billiluna Pool, NT—Devil's Marbles, Hermannsburg.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arid, herbivore, sap-feeder, subtropical, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Gross, G.F. 1976. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 2 251-501 pp. [330] (description)
History of changes
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