Species Scopiastes laticeps (Breddin, 1900)
- Astacops (Scopiastes) laticeps Breddin, G. 1900. Nova studia Hemipterologica. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1900: 161-185 [170].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB ♂, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [382].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bunya Mountains, Goodna, Herberton, Kuranda, Mt Tamborine, Nanango district; NSW—Comboyne, Dorrigo, Richmond River, Tooloom, VIC—Rokeby.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Aposematic, arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Bergroth, E. 1918. Studies in Philippine Heteroptera, I. Philippine Journal of Science 13: 43-73, 75-126 [56] (note)
Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [333] (description)
Gaedike, H. 1971. Katalog der in den Sammlungen des ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen—V. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 21: 79-159 [117] (type specimen)
Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [382] (description)
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [360] (description)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [190] (catalogue)
History of changes
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