Species Riptortus serripes (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cimex serripes Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [709].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (Banks coll.), Australia (as nova Hollandia).
• Alydus robustus 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. [473].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, unknown (incorrect original type locality as Brazil).
• Camptopus sordidus Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-211. [167].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. IX. Heteroptera: Fam. Coreidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 416-432 [428]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Bentink Is., Cape York, Moreton Bay, Oxley; NT—Mataranka, Victoria River Downs; WA—Wyndham.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, granivore (associated flora: Mimosa pigra L. [FABACEAE] Sensitive Plant; Glycine max (L.) Merr. [FABACEAE] Soybean), herbivore, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

 

General References

Blöte, H.C. 1934. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I, Corizinae, Alydinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 253-285 [280] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Alydus robustus as a separate species of Riptortus)

Blöte, H.C. 1934. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I, Corizinae, Alydinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 17: 253-285 [280] (distribution)

Hely, P.C., Pasfield, G. & Gellatley, J.G. 1982. Insect Pests of Fruit and Vegetables in NSW. Melbourne : Inkata Press 312 pp. [233] (bionomics)

Horváth, G. 1900. Hemiptera. in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 629-642 [637] (description, Malaysia)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [111, 113] (catalogue, separate species, Camptopus sordidus)

Panizzi, A.R., Schaefer, C.W. & Natuhara, Y. 2000. Broad-Headed Bugs (Alydidae). pp. 321-336 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [328] (bionomics)

Turner, J.W. 1978. Pests of grain legumes and their control in Australia. pp. 73-81 in Singh, S.R., van Emden, H.F. & Taylor, T.A. (eds). Pests of Grain Legumes: Ecology and Control. London : Academic Press 454 pp. (pest status, host plant)

Wilson, C.G., Flanagan, G.J. & Gillett, J.D. 1990. The phytophagous insect fauna of the introduced shrub Mimosa pigra in northern Australia and its relevance to biological control. Environmental Entomology 19(3): 776-784, figs 1-4 [Table 1] (host plant)

 

Common Name References

Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [146] (Brown Bean Bug, Podsucking Bug)

 

History of changes

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