Species Scopiastella elegans (Distant, 1918)
- Scopiastes elegans Distant, W.L. 1918. Contributions to a further knowledge of the Rhynchotal Family Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 2: 173-179, 257-270, 416-424, 486-492 [417].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Kuranda, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2♂ 2♀.Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1978. Taxonomic notes on Lygaeinae from Australia and neighboring areas (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71: 854-858 [856].
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Mt Bellenden Ker, Lake Barrine.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Aposematic, arboreal, granivore, gregarious, open forest, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
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)
Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [380] (description)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [190] (catalogue)
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. [24] (catalogue)
History of changes
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