Species Retrodrymus abundans Gross, 1965
- Retrodrymus abundans Gross, G.F. 1965. A revision of the Australian and New Guinea Drymini (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 39-78 pls 3-7 [63].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I20,169 ♂, Devonport, TAS.
Paratype(s) NMV 2♂ 11♀; SAMA I20,170–I20,178 4♂ 5♀ 1 larva.
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
VIC—Eltham, Evelyn, Ferntree Gully, TAS—Devonport, Ulverstone, Waratah.
IBRA
Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Malipatil, M.B. 1977. Additions to the Drymini of New Zealand (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4: 177-182 [177] (note)
Slater, J.A. 1975. On the biology and zoogeography of Australian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with special reference to the southwest fauna. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 47-64 [59] (wing polymorphism)
Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [121] (catalogue)
History of changes
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