Species Pomponatius typicus Distant, 1904
- Pomponatius typicus Distant, W.L. 1904. Rhynchotal notes. XXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 13: 263-276 [266].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Townsville, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Acacia Ridge, Archerfield, Baldwin Swamp Fauna Reserve, Brisbane, Burpengary, Crystal Falls, Goodwood, Jardine River Crossing, Kuranda, Lockerbie district, Teewah Creek, Townsville, Tully, NSW—Buladelah, Hat Head, NT—Bathurst Is., Daly River distict, Leila Lagoon, Mudginbarry Homestead district, Nitmiluk National Park.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, herbivore, sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE] Broad leaved Paperbark; Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don [MYRTACEAE] Drooping Bottlebrush; Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel [MYRTACEAE] Paperbark Barked Teatree; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Banksia aemula R.Brown [PROTEACEAE] Wallum Banksia; Melaleuca dealbata S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE]; Callistemon sp. [MYRTACEAE]), subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Feed on new plant growth.
General References
Brailovsky, H. & Monteith, G.B. 1996. A new species of Pomponatius Distant from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Acanthocorini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 205-210 [208] (diagnosis, distribution)
Mitchell, P.L. 2000. Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae). pp. 337-403 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [383] (bionomics)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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16-Jun-2022 | COREIDAE | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 31-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
15-Aug-2012 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |