Species Tectocoris diophthalmus (Thunberg, 1783)

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Species Tectocoris diophthalmus (Thunberg, 1783)

Cotton Harlequin Bug

Cimex diophthalmus Thunberg, C.P. 1783. Dissertatio Entomologica novas insectorum species, sistens, cujus partem secundum, cons exper. facult. med. upsal., publice ventilandam exhibent. Upsaliae : J. Edman Pt 2 pp. 29-52 pl. 2. [30].
Type data:
Holotype ZIUU sex unknown, Cape of Good Hope (as Capite bonae spei); type locality incorrect.
Cimex lineola Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [340] [junior homonym of Cimex lineola Linnaeus, 1758].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hem. 387 (Banks coll.) ♂, Cape of Good Hope (as Cap bon Spei), South Africa (type locality incorrect).
Tetyra cyanipes Fabricius, J.C. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard x 314 pp. emmendanda. [133].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMK 2 specimens sex unknown, NSW (as Nova Cambria).
Cimex banksii Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [29th page of unnumbered text, pl. III fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia (as New Holland).
Scutellera schoenherri Eschscholtz, J.F. 1822. Entomographien. Berlin : G. Reimer Vol. 1 (erste Lieferung) 128 pp. [99] [first introduced as Scutellera schönherri].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Manilla, Philippines.
Scutellera cyanipoda Boisduval, J.B.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. pp. 1-713 in no editor given (ed.). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu pp. 1-713. [622].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP sex unknown, Tonga (as Tonga-Tabou).
Scutellera tongae Boisduval, J.B.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. pp. 1-713 in no editor given (ed.). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu pp. 1-713. [624].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP sex unknown, Tonga (as Tonga-Tabou).
Tectocoris gambiae Westwood, J.O. 1837. A Catalogue of Hemiptera in the Collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope and Descriptions of the new Species of Scutelleridae. Part I. London : J.C. Bridgewater 46 pp. [14].
Type data:
Holotype OUM Hem. 20 ♀, unknown locality.
Tectocoris amboinensis Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [14].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Ambon, Indonesia (as Amboina).
Tectocoris obliquus Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [13].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hem. 412 ♂, unknown locality.
Tectocoris pusillus Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [13].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hem. 411 ♂, New Caledonia.
Tectocoris diophthalmus rufus Stål, C. 1871. Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum. Bidrag till Philippinska öarnes Hemipter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 607-776 [617].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM sex unknown, Philippines.
Tectocoris diophthalmus tagalicus Stål, C. 1871. Hemiptera insularum Philippinarum. Bidrag till Philippinska öarnes Hemipter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 27: 607-776 [617].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM sex unknown, Philippines.
Tectocoris diophthalmus cookiana Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [306] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Tetyra cyanipes Fabricius, 1803: Blanchard, 1841].
Tectocoris diophthalmus peregrina Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [306] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Cimex lineola Fabricius, 1781].
Tectocoris diophthalmus venusta Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [307] [unnecessary nom. nov. for an unnamed variety of Scutellera cyanipoda Boisduval, 1835].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait Ils, QLD—Brisbane, Cairns, NSW—Sydney, NT—Darwin; southwest Pacific and Oriental region; Philippines.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), 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), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Brachychiton australis (Schott & Endl.) Terrac. [MALVACEAE] Broad-leaved Bottletree; Gossypium hirsutum L. [MALVACEAE] Cotton; Brachychiton acerifolius (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) F.Muell. [MALVACEAE] Flame Tree; Brachychiton rupestris (T.L.Mitch. ex Lindl.) K.Schum. [MALVACEAE] Queensland Bottletree; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Hibiscus tiliaceus L. [MALVACEAE]; Lagunaria patersonia G.Don [MALVACEAE] (orth. var.); Ficus sp. [MORACEAE]), omnivore, predator (host(s): Levuana iridescens Bethune-Baker, 1906 [ZYGAENIDAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Maternal care, minor cotton pest, parasitised by Anastatus sp. nr. pentatomidivorus Girault (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) and Gyron hirsutioculus (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae).