Species Calliphara nobilis (Linnaeus, 1763)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cimex nobilis Linnaeus, C. 1763. Centuria Insectorum, Quam, Praesidae D.D. Car. von Linne, Proposuit Boas Johansson, Calmariensis. pp. 384–415 in Linnaeus, C. Amoenitates Academicae; seu Dissertations variae, physicae, medicae, botanicae, Antehac seorsim editae, nunc collectae and auctae. Paris. Vol. 6. [17].
• Cimex pustulatus Panzer, G.W.F. 1798. Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten. Nuremberg : Felssecker Pt 51 60-67 pls 17-24. [111].
• Scutellera buquetti Guérin-Méneville, F. E. 1839. Satyrus Latreille and Procris. Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 1: 2 fig. 4 [159].

 

Generic Combinations

• Calliphara nobilis (Linnaeus, 1763).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Darwin district; Broadly distributed in southeast Asia from China (including Taiwan) and Burma in the north, and through Indo-Malaysian peninsula, as well as the Philippines and New Guinea.

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore (associated flora: Macaranga tanarius (L.) Mull.Arg. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Blush Macaranga (??); Xanthium strumarium L. [ASTERACEAE] (West Pakistan); Acer oblongum Wall. [SAPINDACEAE] (Japan); Rhizophora sp. [RHIZOPHORACEAE] (Singapore); Exoecaria agallocha L. [EUPHORBIACEAE] (Singapore)).

 

General References

Cassis, G. & Vanags, L. 2006. Jewel Bugs of Australia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Denisia Neue Serie 50: 275-398 [342] (nomenclatorial history)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2019	PENTATOMOMORPHA	05-Dec-2019	MODIFIED
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