Species Pseudopachybrachius guttus (Dallas, 1852)
- Rhyparochromus gutta Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Taylor & Francis Part 2 369-592 pp. pls XII-XV. [573].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, N India.Subsequent designation references:
Scudder, G.G.E. 1967. Rhyparochrominae types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 20: 251-285 [267]. - Pamera pacifica Stål, C. 1874. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 12(1): 1-186 [149].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM ♂, Ovalau, Samoa (as Insula Ovalau maris pacifica).Type locality references:
Scudder, G.G.E. 1977. The world Rhyparochrominae types (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). XIII. The Stål types. Entomologica Scandinavica 8: 29-35 [33]. - Orthaea periplanios Kirkaldy, G.W. 1907. On some Hawaiian Hemiptera-Heteroptera. The Canadian Entomologist 39: 244-248 [246].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM ♂ ♀ specimens (types not located), Kekaha, Kauai, sea level to Mt Tantalus, Oaho, Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii. - Pachybrachius izzardi Hidaka, T. 1958. Studies on the Lygaeidae III. A new species of the genus Pachybrachius from Japan and her adjacent territories (Heteroptera, Lygaeidae). Insecta Matsumurana 22: 37-39 [37].
Type data:
Holotype KUEL ♂, Kamiarato, Kagoshima Kyushu, Japan.
Paratype(s) KUEL 66♂ 102♀. - Eucosmetus gessleri Fernando, P.M. 1960. New species of insects from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 3: 235-242 4 pls [238].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon). - Plociomerus obliquefasciatus Motschulsky, V. von 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'îIle Ceylan. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 36(3): 1-153 [80].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMM 2 specimens (probably lost), Sri Lanka (as Ceylan).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908. Memoir on a few heteropterous Hemiptera from eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 768-788 pl. xliii [776] (Orthaea periplanios as junior synonym of Pamera pacifica Stål, 1874)
- Bergroth, E. 1921. On the types of the exotic Hemiptera Heteroptera described by V. Motschulsky. Revue Russe d'Entomologie 17: 96-109 [100] (synonymy of Plociomerus obliquefasciatus with Pamera pacifica as misidentification of Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
- Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [1135] (synonymy of Pachybrachius pacificus)
- Scudder, G.G.E. 1970. The world Rhyparochrominae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) X. Further systematic changes. The Canadian Entomologist 102: 98-104 [102] (synonymy of Pachybrachius izzardi)
- Slater, J.A. 1979. Hemiptera, Heteroptera: Lygaeidae from Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Entomologica Scandinavica Suppl. 11: 1-27 [22] (synonymy of Eucosmetus gessleri)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Archer River, Bamaga, Blackall Range, Cairns district, Caloundra, Cooloola, Coolum, Crystal Cascades, Deception Bay, Highvale, Innisfail, Iron Range, Kuranda, Lake Eacham, Lockerbie, Maroochydore, Mornington Is., Mt Carbine, Mt Mee, Mt Glorious, Mt Molloy, North Pine River, Palmerston National Park, Upper Lankelly Creek, Silver Plains Homestead, Somerset Dam, Stradbroke Is., Tolga, Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is.), NSW—Woodburn district, WA—Kimberley district, NT—Darwin, Adelaide River district, Connexion Is., Groote Eylandt, Katherine, Koongarra, Roper River.
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, granivore (associated flora: Cynodon dactylon Pers. [POACEAE] Bermuda Grass; Cucurbita sp. [CUCURBITACEAE] Bitter Gourd; Nicotiana tabacum L. [SOLANACEAE] Tobacco; Clermontia sp. [CAMPANULACEAE]; Vaccinium sp. [ERICACEAE]; Sophora sp. [FABACEAE]), ground dweller, herbivore, nocturnal, open forest, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.
General References
Banks, C.S. 1909. Rhynchota Palawanica, Part I: Heteroptera. Philippine Journal of Science 4: 553-593 pls I-II [575] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Barber, H.G. 1958. Insects of Micronesia. Heteroptera: Lygaeidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 173-218 [198] (diagnosis, distribution, Pachybrachius pacificus)
Bergroth, E. 1921. On the types of the exotic Hemiptera Heteroptera described by V. Motschulsky. Revue Russe d'Entomologie 17: 96-109 [100] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Breddin, G. 1905. Versuch einer Rhynchotenfauna der malayischen Insel Banguey. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 22: 201-226 [215] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Breddin, G. 1907. Berytiden und Myodochiden von Ceylon aus der Sammelausbeute von Dr. W. Horn (Rhynch. Het.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1907: 34-47, 203-220 [205] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Cassis, G. 1993. A report on the Heteroptera and Dermaptera from the survey of Cape York Peninsula. pp. 109–123 in, Cape York Peninsula Scientific Expedition Wet Season 1992 Report. Volume 1. Fortitude Valley : The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland vii 295 pp. [114] (distribution, habitat)
Cheesman, L.E. 1927. A contribution towards the insect fauna of French Oceania Part I. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 75: 147-161 pls XIV-XVI [157] (habitat)
China, W.E. 1930. Insects of Samoa and other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda. Part II. Fasc. 3. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Insects of Samoa and Other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda 2(3): 81-162 [128] (Samoa, host plant, Orthaea pacifica)
Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. XI. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 464-486, 497-510 [480] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Distant, W.L. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(1) x 242 pp. [52] (description, misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Distant, W.L. 1910. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 5 xii 362 pp. [50] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Distant, W.L. 1913. Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 5. No. IX Rhynchota. Part 1. Suborder Heteroptera. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16: 139-191 [152] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Distant, W.L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. 369-390 pls xi, xii in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln A. Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidels Vol. 2. [369, 380] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Distant, W.L. 1918. The Heteroptera of Indo-China. The Entomologist 51: 241-244 [241] (misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Dohrn, A. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem Entomologischen verein zu Stettin. Stettin : Herrcke & Lebeling ii 112 pp. [34] (catalogue, Rhyparochromus gutta)
Izzard, R.J. 1936. The Hemiptera of Christmas Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 17: 577-600 [582] (Christmas Is., misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908. A catalogue of the Hemiptera of Fiji. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 345-391 pl. IV [358] (description, Fiji, Orthaea pacifica, and misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908. A list of the described Hemiptera (excluding the Aleyrodidae and Coccidae) of the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 1: 186-208 pl. 4 [189] (Hawaii, Orthaea pacifica, and misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Malipatil, M.B. 1978. Revision of the Myodochini (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae) of the Australian region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 56: 1-178 [63] (description)
Maxwell-Lefroy, H. 1909. Indian Insect Life. A manual of the insects of the plains (tropical India). 2 vols. Calcutta : Thacker, Spink & Co. xii 786 pp. [688] (description)
Scudder, G.G.E. 1958. Lygaeidae (Hemiptera of Rennell and Bellona islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 2: 135-142 [137] (habitat, Pachybrachius pacificus)
Usinger, R.L. 1939. Distribution of the Heteroptera of Oceania. Proceedings of the 6th Pacific Science Congress 4: 311-315 [313] (distribution)
Van Duzee, E.P. 1936. A report on some Heteroptera from the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 9: 219-229 [225] (Hawaii, misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
Van Duzee, E.P. 1937. The Hemiptera of the Templeton Crocker Expedition to Polynesia in 1934-1935. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 22(4): 111-126 [114] (distribution)
Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [98] (description)
Zimmerman, E.C. 1948. Insects of Hawaii. Heteroptera. Honolulu : Univ. Hawaii Press Vol. 3 255 pp. [117, 118] (Hawaii, host, misidentification as Pamera vincta Say, 1831)
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
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