Family TESSARATOMIDAE

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Introduction

The Tessaratomidae are a pentatomoid family found mostly in the tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere, with only a few species occurring in the Western Hemisphere (Piezosternum Amyot & Serville occurs in the Neotropics). The family comprises 55 genera and about 240 species worldwide (Rolston et al. 1993; Henry 2009). The family is represented in Australia by 12 genera and 18 species.

Stål (1865) first established a suprageneric grouping for tessaratomids, at subfamily level in the Pentatomidae. Horváth (1900) recognised nine tribes among tessaratomids and included keys to genera. Kirkaldy (1909) catalogued the world fauna, recognising 11 tribes. Leston (1955) largely followed Kirkaldy's classification, reducing some of the tribes to subtribes, and describing two new subtribes. The modern classification of the group is based chiefly on that of Kumar (1969). He divided the family into three subfamilies: the Natalicolinae, Oncomerinae and Tessaratominae; and he further subdivided the Tessaratominae into three tribes: Prionogastrini, Sepinini and Tessaratomini. This is the classification adopted by Rolston et al. (1993) and followed in this Catalogue. Schuh & Slater (1995) reviewed the systematics and biology of the family.

The extralimital subfamilies Natalicolinae and Tessaratominae are found across the Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. The nominotypical subfamily is the most diverse suprageneric group.

The Oncomerinae are the only tessaratomid subfamily represented in Australia. This subfamily is found broadly across the Australian Region and comprises 15 genera and 57 species (Sinclair 2000a), of which 12 genera (6 endemic) and 18 species (11 endemic) are present in Australia. Leston & Scudder (1957) revised the Australian fauna, and more recently Sinclair (2000a, 2000b) provided a revised generic classification of the subfamily.

The Australian tessaratomids are mostly tropical in distribution, with all species known from coastal Queensland, some of which extend to Melanesia and the Oriental Region. Lyramorpha Westwood (4 species) is the most speciose genus, and Musgraveia Leston & Scudder, Oncomeris Laporte and Stilidia Stål all contain two species. The other genera, Agapophyta Guérin, Cumare Blöte, Erga Walker, Garceus Distant, Peltocopta Bergroth, Rhoecocoris Bergroth and Tibiospina Sinclair are all represented by one species. Peltocopta crassiventris (Bergroth), a spectacular looking species from southern Queensland, is probably a rare species whose conservation status needs assessment.

Tessaratomids are exclusively phytophagous. Schaefer et al. (2000) reviewed the biology of the family and the economic importance of pest species. Schaefer & Ahmad (1987) listed host species, concluding that tessaratomids favoured plants belonging to the plant orders Rosales and Sapindales. Australian tessaratomids are known from a broad range of host families, including the Anacardiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae, Mimosaceae, Myrtaceae, Palmae, Rhamnaceae, Rutaceae and Sapindaceae.

The Bronze Orange Bug, Musgraveia sulciventris (Stål), is a minor pest of citrus in Australia. Summerville (1935) described its biology in detail, reporting it as a pest of citrus in eastern Australia, where, on occasion, it occurs in very large numbers. The native hosts include the rutaceous plants, Atalantia glauca J.Hook and Microcitrus australis (Planch.). Early workers (Oliff 1892; Girault 1924; Hely 1938) commented on the pest status of this bug. Cant et al. (1996a, 1996b) recently reviewed its biology and provided information about its feeding, life history, pheromone and defensive secretions, reproduction, host associations and pest status.

Diagnosis

Tessaratomids are large to very large, ovoid to elliptical bugs. The head is laterally keeled and often very small relative to the overall body size. The bucculae are very short. The antennae are 4 or 5-segmented. The labium is short, reaching the apices of the fore coxae. The scutellum is triangular and does not cover the corium. The veins of the membrane are not reticulate. The hind wings have a hamus. The external efferent system of the metathoracic gland is reduced. The tarsi are either 2 or 3-segmented. The abdominal spiracle of sternum II is fully exposed in most species. The aedeagus has up to four pairs of conjunctival processes. The larvae have dorsal abdominal glands between terga III/IV, IV/V and V/VI. (Slater 1982; Schuh & Slater 1995; Sinclair 2000a)

Diagnosis References

Schuh, R.T. & Slater, J.A. 1995. True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Ithaca : Cornell University Press xii 336 pp.

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329

Slater, J.A. 1982. Hemiptera. pp. 417-447 in Parker, S.P. (ed.). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. New York : McGraw Hill Book Co.

General References

Cant, R.G., Spooner-Hart, R.N., Beattie, G.A.C. & Meats, A. 1996a. The biology and ecology of the Bronze Orange Bug, Musgraveia sulciventris (Stål) — a literature review. Part I — Description, biology, host species, and distribution. General and Applied Entomology 27: 19-29

Cant, R.G., Spooner-Hart, R.N., Beattie, G.A.C. & Meats, A. 1996b. The biology and ecology of the Bronze Orange Bug, Musgraveia sulciventris (Stål) — a literature review. Part II — Feeding, control, defensive secretions, pheromones, reproduction and aggregation. General and Applied Entomology 27: 30-48

Girault, A.A. 1924. The orange-tree bug. (Oncoscelis sulciventris Stål.) Recent investigations. Queensland Agricultural Journal 21: 57-73

Hely, P.C. 1938. The bronze orange bug. A pest in citrus orchards. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 49: 378-380

Henry, T.J. 2009. Biodiversity of the Heteroptera. pp. 223–263 in Foottit, R.G. & Adler P.H. (eds). Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell.

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. A list of Hemiptera (excluding Sternorrhyncha) of the Maorian Subregion, with notes on a few of the species. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 41: 22-29

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606

Leston, D. 1955. A key to the genera of Oncomerini Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae, Tessaratominae), with the description of a new genus and species from Australia and new synonymy. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 24: 62-68

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448

Olliff, A.S. 1892. Entomological notes. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 3: 268-372 pl. 24a

Rolston, L.H., Aalbu, R.L., Murray, M.J. & Rider, D.A. 1993. A catalog of the Tessaratomidae of the world. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 36: 36-108

Schaefer, C.W., Panizzi, A.R. & James, D.G. 2000. Several small Pentatomoid Families (Cyrtocoridae, Dinidoridae, Eurostylidae [sic], Plataspidae, and Tessaratomidae. pp. 505-512 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp.

Schaefer, C.W. & Ahmad, I. 1987. The food plants of four pentatomoid families (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae, Tessaratomidae, Urostylidae, and Dinidoridae). Phytophaga. Palermo 1: 21-34

Schuh, R.T. & Slater, J.A. 1995. True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Ithaca : Cornell University Press xii 336 pp.

Sinclair, D.P. 2000a. Two new genera of Tessaratomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 299-305

Sinclair, D.P. 2000b. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329

Slater, J.A. 1982. Hemiptera. pp. 417-447 in Parker, S.P. (ed.). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. New York : McGraw Hill Book Co.

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 2 181 pp.

Summerville, W.A.T. 1935. The bronze orange bug. Queensland Agricultural Journal 43: 245-253

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Subfamily Oncomerinae

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Genus Agapophyta Guérin, 1831

Agapophyta Guérin, F.É. 1831. Atlas. pls 1-21 Insectes in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 11 fig. 15].
Type species:
Agapophyta bipunctata Guérin, 1831 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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)

Distribution References

Rolston, L.H., Aalbu, R.L., Murray, M.J. & Rider, D.A. 1993. A catalog of the Tessaratomidae of the world. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 36: 36-108 [43-44]

General References

Agassiz, J.L.R. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalum tam viventium quam Fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymis planatum. Index Universalis. II. Soloduri : Jent & Grassman 393 pp. [1] (list)

Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [162, 163] (key, description)

Blanchard, E. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères, Nevroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 3 85-218 pp. [143] (description)

Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [287] (distribution)

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. [626] (note)

Burmeister, H. 1835. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band: II Ordnung Rhynchota. Berlin : Theod. Ehr. Friedr. Enslin iv 400 pp. [347, 353] (key, description)

Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Pt 2 Div. 1 ch. xiii Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L.J. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand. [168] (description)

Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1851. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 9 257-348 pp. [284] (key)

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. [346] (catalogue)

Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1833. Essai d'une classification systématique de l'ordre des Hémiptères (Hémiptères Héteroptères, Latr.). Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2: 17-75, Supplement: 76-88 [55, 63] (key, description)

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [441, 442]

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [224] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [309] (description)

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [224] (key)

Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [62] (list)

Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [20] (description)

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Species Agapophyta bipunctata Guérin, 1831

Agapophyta bipunctata Guérin, F.É. 1831. Atlas. pls 1-21 Insectes in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 11 fig. 15].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP sex unknown (depository uncertain), Port Praslin.
Type locality references:
Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Pt 2 Div. 1 ch. xiii Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L.J. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand. [168].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Banks Is.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Cocos nucifera L. [ARECACEAE] Coconut; Cassia fistula L. [CAESALPINIACEAE] Golden Shower; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Hibiscus sp. [MALVACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [103]

Black, G.M. 1968. Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) collected by the Noona Dan Expedition in the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands. Entomologiske Meddelelser 36: 560-576 [561] (distribution)

Blanchard, E. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères, Nevroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 3 85-218 pp. [143]

Distant, W.L. 1888. An enumeration of the Rhynchota received from Baron von Müller and collected by Mr. Sayer in New Guinea during Mr. Cuthbertson's Expedition. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1888: 475-489 pl. XIII [480] (description)

Dupuis, C. 1952. Priorité de quelques noms d'Hétéroptères de Guérin-Ménéville (1831). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 77: 447-454 [452-453] (Guérin type data)

Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1851. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 9 257-348 pp. [309]

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 [633] (Thursday Is., New Guinea)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1905. Memoir on the Rhynchota collected by Dr. Arthur Willey, F.R.S., chiefly in Birara (New Britain) and Lifu. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1905: 327-363, pl. 17 [354] (Melanesia)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555, 557, 559, 560, 567, 569, 572, 575-576, 581-585 figs] (Cassia fistula host, biology, larva)

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [447]

Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1-114 [101] (Acacia host)

Rolston, L.H., Aalbu, R.L., Murray, M.J. & Rider, D.A. 1993. A catalog of the Tessaratomidae of the world. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 36: 36-108 [43] (catalogue)

Schaefer, C.W. & Ahmad, I. 1987. The food plants of four pentatomoid families (Hemiptera: Acanthosomatidae, Tessaratomidae, Urostylidae, and Dinidoridae). Phytophaga. Palermo 1: 21-34 [27] (host plants)

Schouteden, H. 1933. Résultats scientifiques de voyage aux Indes Orientales Néelandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 8 4: 41-70 [51] (Melanesia)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [309] (list)

Szent-Ivany, J.J.H. & Catley, A. 1960. Host plant and distribution records of some insects in New Guinea and adjacent islands. Pacific Insects 2: 255-261 [256] (biology, hosts)

Tryon, H. 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea, II Hemiptera. Annals of the Queensland Museum 2: 13-24 [19] (distribution, New Guinea)

Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [20]

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [470] (Oriental Region, Melanesia)

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Genus Cumare Blöte, 1945

Cumare Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [285].
Type species:
Cumare pallida Blöte, 1945 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Distribution References

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [311]

General References

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [311] (description)

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Species Cumare pallida Blöte, 1945

Cumare pallida Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [285].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH ♀, Gayndah, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Carnarvon, Magnetic Is., Somerset.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Petalostigma sp. [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Petalostigma pubescens Domin [EUPHORBIACEAE]; Petalostigma quadriloculare F.Muell. [EUPHORBIACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

General References

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [556, 569, 572 figs 60-65, 90] (morphology)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [311] (list)

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Genus Erga Walker, 1868

Erga Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [485].
Type species:
Erga roseoflua Walker, 1868 (=Rhaphigaster longitudinalis Westwood, 1837) by monotypy.
Axona Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [224] [junior homonym of Axona Walker, 1864 (Diptera)].
Type species:
Rhaphigaster longitudinalis Westwood, 1837 by subsequent monotypy, see Stål, C. 1866. Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 151-172 [157].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [61] (synonymy)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Gross, G.F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 1 250 pp., 3 colour pls. [78] (description)

Horváth, G. 1909. Adnotationes synonymicae de Hemipteris nonnullis extraeuropaeis. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 7: 631-632 [631]

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [311] (description)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [477, 485] (list, separate genera)

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Species Erga longitudinalis (Westwood, 1837)

Raphigaster longitudinalis 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. [31].
Type data:
Holotype OUM Hem. 151 ♀, Australia (as New Holland).
Erga roseoflua Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [486].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 13 specimens, Moreton Bay, QLD; NSW (no exact locality given).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [61]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Bundaberg, Lamington National Park, MacPherson Range, Maryborough, Rockhampton, NSW—Brunswick Heads, Tweed River, Uki.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Austrosteenisia blackii (F.Muell.) Geesink [FABACEAE] Blood Vine), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [286] (description)

Gross, G.F. 1975. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 1 250 pp., 3 colour pls. [78 figs 16, 17A,B] (description)

Kumar, R. 1964. On the structure and function of the so called ejaculatory reservoir in Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 75: 51-65 [63 fig] (male reproductive morphology)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555, 557, 559, 560, 564, 569, 572, 582, 589-590 figs 9, 10] (host plant—Lonchocarpus blackii, biology, larva)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Olliff, A.S. 1892. Entomological notes. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 3: 268-372 pl. 24a [136] (as Erga sp.)

Schmeltz, J.D.E. 1874. Catalog der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den naturhistorischen Expedition der Herren Joh. Hamburg : Ges. Godeffroy & Sohn Vol. 5 xxxvi 215 pp. [63] (list, QLD)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [313 fig. 1B] (list, host plant)

Van Duzee, E.P. 1905. Notes on Australian Pentatomidae, with descriptions of a few new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 187-214 [211] (NSW)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [477, 486] (list, separate species, incorrect subsequent spelling as Axoma longitudinalis)

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Genus Garceus Distant, 1893

Garceus Distant, W.L. 1893. On new and little-known Tessaratominae of the Order Rhynchota. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 11: 430-435 [434].
Type species:
Garceus fidelis Distant, 1893 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

General References

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [233] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [314] (description)

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Species Garceus fidelis Distant, 1893

Garceus fidelis Distant, W.L. 1893. On new and little-known Tessaratominae of the Order Rhynchota. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 11: 430-435 [435].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ (only one specimen found), Peak Downs, QLD; Australia (no exact locality given).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Endeavour River, Kuranda, Redlynch, Townsville.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, gregarious, herbivore (associated flora: Elaeocarpus sp. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]; Elaeocarpus grandis F.Muell. [ELAEOCARPACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Maternal care, larvae cling to underside of female.

General References

Bequaert, J. 1935. Presocial behaviour among the Hemiptera. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 30(5): 177-191 [183] (maternal care)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [601] (biology)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [233] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [314] (list)

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Genus Lyramorpha Westwood, 1837

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [340-345]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [318] (list)

Distant, W.L. 1914. Report on the Rhynchota collected by the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20: 335-360 pl. XXXIV [338] (distribution)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Miller, N.C.E. 1956. The Biology of the Heteroptera. London : Leonard Hill Ltd x 162 pp. [45] (note)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [314] (description)

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [224] (key)

Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [35] (description)

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Subgenus Lyramorpha (Lyramorpha) Westwood, 1837

Lyramorpha 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. [27].
Type species:
Lyramorpha rosea Westwood, 1837 by subsequent designation, see 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. [345].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

Distribution References

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. [345-346]

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Species Lyramorpha (Lyramorpha) perelegans Vollenhoven, 1868

Lyramorpha perelegans Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [35].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW sex unknown (depository uncertain), Australia.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

No exact locality known.

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Schouteden, H. 1907. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Asopinae (Amyoteinae). Genera Insectorum 52: 1-82 5 pls [44] (type not found)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [316] (list)

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Species Lyramorpha (Lyramorpha) rosea Westwood, 1837

Litchi Stink Bug

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [286]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Citrus sp. [RUTACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

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] [154] (Litchi Stink Bug)

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Subspecies Lyramorpha (Lyramorpha) rosea pallida Westwood, 1837

Lyramorpha pallida Westwood, J.O. 1837. Descriptions of several new species of exotic Hemipterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 18-24 1 pl. [28].
Type data:
Holotype OUM Hem. 269 ♀, Australia (as New Holland).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

No exact locality known.

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [286]

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [346] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as synonym of Lyramorpha rosea Westwood)

Schouteden, H. 1908. Observations on some species of the genus Lyramorpha Westw. (Hemiptera Heteroptera). Notes from the Leyden Museum 30: 47-51 [47 fig. 2] (description)

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Subspecies Lyramorpha (Lyramorpha) rosea rosea Westwood, 1837

Lyramorpha rosea 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. [28].
Type data:
Holotype OUM Hem. 268 ♂, Australia (as New Holland).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Mt Tamborine, NSW—Comboyne, Dubbo, Evans Heads, Sydney, South West Rocks, VIC—Melbourne, SA—Adelaide.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Synoum glandulosum (Sm.) A.Juss. [MELIACEAE] Bastard Rosewood; Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. [RHAMNACEAE] Red Ash; Atalaya virens C.White [SAPINDACEAE]; Flindersia collina Bailey [RUTACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Breddin, G. 1900. Hemiptera nonnulla regionis australicae. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 26(2–3): 17-46 [38 fig.]

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [318, 346] (description)

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [342, 344 pl. 9 figs 1, 9] (description)

Kumar, R. 1962. Morpho-taxonomical studies on the genitalia and salivary glands of some Pentatomoidea. Entomologisk Tidskrift 83: 44-88 [47, 54 figs] (morphology)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555, 557, 559, 560, 562, 569, 589-595 figs 32-35] (hosts, biology, larva)

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [447]

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [224] (catalogue)

Musgrave, A. & Whitley, G.P. 1931. Nature Rambles at Trial Bay. Australian Museum Magazine 4: 149-155 [154 fig.] (host plant, Synoum glandulosum)

Schmeltz, J.D.E. 1874. Catalog der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den naturhistorischen Expedition der Herren Joh. Hamburg : Ges. Godeffroy & Sohn Vol. 5 xxxvi 215 pp. [63] (QLD)

Schouteden, H. 1908. Observations on some species of the genus Lyramorpha Westw. (Hemiptera Heteroptera). Notes from the Leyden Museum 30: 47-51 [47-49 fig. 1] (description)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [316] (list)

Van Duzee, E.P. 1905. Notes on Australian Pentatomidae, with descriptions of a few new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 187-214 [211] (NSW)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [476] (list)

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Subgenus Lyramorpha (Lyrodes) Horváth, 1900

Lyrodes Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [342] [first introduced as a subgenus of Lyramorpha Westwood, 1837].
Type species:
Lyramorpha basalis Horváth, 1900 by subsequent designation, see 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. [345].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

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Species Lyramorpha (Lyrodes) diluta Stål, 1863

Lyramorpha diluta Stål, C. 1863. Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 571-603 [598].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♀, Aru Is.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Breddin, G. 1900. Hemiptera nonnulla regionis australicae. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 26(2–3): 17-46 [19 figs 4, 5]

Breddin, G. 1901. Die Hemipteren von Celebes ein beitrag zur faunistik der insel. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 24: 1-213 1 pl. [13] (distribution)

Distant, W.L. 1900. Rhynchotal notes. VII. Heteroptera: Fam. Coreidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 6: 366-380 [379] (note)

Distant, W.L. 1911. Rhynchotal notes. LV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 7: 576-586 [594] (distribution)

Distant, W.L. 1914. Report on the Rhynchota collected by the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20: 335-360 pl. XXXIV [338] (distribution)

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [342, 343, 348 pl. 9 figs 3, 14] (in part Lyramorpha basalis Horváth, 1900)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [572, 595-597 figs 36, 37, 83, 124-126] (morphology)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [316] (list)

Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [36] (description)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [476] (list, Sulawesi)

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Species Lyramorpha (Lyrodes) parens Breddin, 1900

Lyramorpha parens Breddin, G. 1900. Hemiptera nonnulla regionis australicae. Entomologische Nachrichten. Berlin 26(2–3): 17-46 [37].
Type data:
Holotype DEIB ♂, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Bowen, Cairns district, Cape York, Kuranda, Meringa, Torres Strait Ils (Thursday Is.).

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Bergroth, E. 1908. Enumeratio Pentatomidarum post Catalogum bruxellensem descriptarum. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 15: 131-200 [184] (list)

Gaedike, H. 1971. Katalog der in den Sammlungen des ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen—V. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 21: 79-159 [95] (type)

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [342, 343, 350 pl. 9 fig. 5, pl. 10 fig. 5] (key, description)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [562, 569, 601 figs 38, 39, 84] (morphology, distribution)

Schouteden, H. 1908. Observations on some species of the genus Lyramorpha Westw. (Hemiptera Heteroptera). Notes from the Leyden Museum 30: 47-51 [50] (distribution)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [316] (list)

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Genus Musgraveia Leston & Scudder, 1957

Musgraveia Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [445].
Type species:
Oncoscelis sulciventris Stål, 1863 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [316] (description)

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Species Musgraveia antennatus (Distant, 1880)

Oncoscelis antennatus Distant, W.L. 1880. Notes on exotic Rhynchota, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1880: 147-153 pl. V [150].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Torres Strait Ils (as Torres Straits).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cairns, Cape York, Torres Strait Ils (Banks Is.).

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Citrus aurantifolia Swingle [RUTACEAE] Lime), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [316] (list)

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Species Musgraveia sulciventris (Stål, 1863)

Bronze Orange Bug

Oncoscelis sulciventris Stål, C. 1863. Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 571-603 [598].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Moreton Bay, QLD; NHRM ♂ ♀ (male seen), Moreton Bay, QLD.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Blackall Range, Brisbane, Mt Tamborine, Toowoomba, NSW—Billinudgel, Coonabarabran, Dorrigo, Liverpool, Richmond River, Sawtell, South West Rocks, Sydney, Tweed River, Uki, ACT—Canberra.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Eremocitrus glauca (Lindl.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Desert Lime, Native Cumquat, Native Orange; Microcitrus australasica (F.Muell.) Swingle [RUTACEAE] Finger Lime; Citrus limonia Obsbeck [RUTACEAE] Lemon; Citrus aurantium L. [RUTACEAE] Orange), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Citrus pest, feeds on leaf nodules, petioles, flower pedicles, fruit, shoots; parasitoids: Anastatus biproruli ; predators: Pristhesancus plagipennis Walker (Reduviidae), Amyotea hamatus (Walker) (Pentatomidae).

General References

Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [285] (list)

Blum, M.S. 1981. Chemical defenses of arthropods. New York : Academic Press xii 562 pp. [54, 58, 66, 113-114, 116] (defensive secretion)

Evans, J.W. 1952. The Injurious Insects of the British Commonwealth (except the British Isles, India and Pakistan): with a section on the control of weeds by insects. London : Commonwealth Institute of Entomology vii 42 pp. (pest)

Froggatt, W.W. 1901. Notes on Australian Hemiptera (plant Bugs). Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 12: 1592-1601 1 colour pl. [1596] (misidentification as Stilida indecora Stål, 1863, pest)

Girault, A.A. 1924. The orange-tree bug. (Oncoscelis sulciventris Stål.) Recent investigations. Queensland Agricultural Journal 21: 57-73 (pest, biology)

Hely, P.C., Pasfield, G. & Gellatley, J.G. 1982. Insect Pests of Fruit and Vegetables in NSW. Melbourne : Inkata Press 312 pp. [71] (bionomics)

Kumar, R. 1962. Morpho-taxonomical studies on the genitalia and salivary glands of some Pentatomoidea. Entomologisk Tidskrift 83: 44-88 [47 figs 21-22] (morphology)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555, 557, 559-561, 569, 572-577, 579, 586 figs 11, 25, 26,] (morphology, biology, larvae)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

MacLeod, J.K., Howe, I., Cable, J., Blake, J.D., Baker, J. & Smith, D. 1975. Volatile scent gland components of some tropical Hemiptera. Journal of Insect Physiology 21: 1219-1224 [1219] (defensive secretion)

McDonald, F.J.D. 1969. Life cycle of the bronze orange bug Musgraveia sulciventris (Stål) (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 817-820 (life cycle)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [316] (catalogue)

Smith, D., Beattie, G.A.C. & Broadley, R. 1997. Citrus Pests and their Natural Enemies. Integrated Pest Management in Australia. Brisbane : DPI Publications xvi 272 pp. [111] (bionomics)

Smith, J.H. 1940. Report of the Entomological Section. Annual Report of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1939–1940: 6-8 (pest)

Staddon, B.W. 1979. The scent glands of Heteroptera. Advances in Insect Physiology 14: 351-418 [403] (metathoracic glands)

Stål, C. 1873. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 3. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 11(2): 1-163 (list)

Summerville, W.A.T. 1931. The control of the bronze orange bug. Queensland Agricultural Journal 36: 138-140 (pest control)

Summerville, W.A.T. 1935. The bronze orange bug. Queensland Agricultural Journal 43: 245-253 (pest)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [148] (note)

Van Duzee, E.P. 1905. Notes on Australian Pentatomidae, with descriptions of a few new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 187-214 [211] (NSW)

Veitch, R. 1926. Report of the Chief Entomologist. Queensland Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture and Stock 1925–1926: 135-138 (pest)

Veitch, R. & Simmonds, J.H. 1929. Pests and Diseases of Queensland Fruits and Vegetables. 8 Vols. Queensland : Dept. Agric. & Stock 198 pp. [86-90] (pest)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [477] (list)

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Genus Oncomeris Laporte, 1832

Oncomeris Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1832. Essai d'une classification systématique de l'ordre des Hémiptères (Hémiptères Héteroptères, Latr.). Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2: 1-88 pls 51-55 [date follows the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature Direction 63/1956] [60].
Type species:
Tessaratoma flavicornis Guérin, 1831 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Distribution References

Rolston, L.H., Aalbu, R.L., Murray, M.J. & Rider, D.A. 1993. A catalog of the Tessaratomidae of the world. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 36: 36-108 [48-50]

General References

Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [168, 169] (key, description)

Burmeister, H. 1835. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band: II Ordnung Rhynchota. Berlin : Theod. Ehr. Friedr. Enslin iv 400 pp. [347, 352] (key, description, incorrect subsequent spelling as Oncomerus)

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [318, 346] (key)

Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1844. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 7 pp. 41-134. [123] (description)

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [353] (key)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [224] (catalogue)

Miller, N.C.E. 1956. The Biology of the Heteroptera. London : Leonard Hill Ltd x 162 pp. [45] (note)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [318] (description)

Spinola, M.M. 1850. Tavola sinottica dei generi spettanti alla classe degli insetti artroidignati Hemiptera Linn., Latr. — Rhyngota Fabr. — Rhynchota Burm. Modena. 138 pp. [31] (key)

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [223] (key)

Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [29] (description)

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Species Oncomeris flavicornis (Guérin, 1831)

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [357]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

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Subspecies Oncomeris flavicornis flavicornis (Guérin, 1831)

Tessaratoma flavicornis Guérin, F.É. 1831. Atlas. pls 1-21 Insectes in Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 12 fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, New Guinea (as Nova Guinea).
Type locality references:
Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Pt 2 Div. 1 ch. xiii Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L.J. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand. [171].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [290]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cairns, Kuranda, Iron Range.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Dracontomelom mangiferum Blume [ANACARDIACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [169] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Oncomerus flavicornis)

Blanchard, E. 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères, Nevroptères, Hémiptères, Hymenoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 3 85-218 pp. [142] (description)

Burmeister, H. 1835. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band: II Ordnung Rhynchota. Berlin : Theod. Ehr. Friedr. Enslin iv 400 pp. [353] (description)

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [346] (list)

Distant, W.L. 1914. Report on the Rhynchota collected by the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20: 335-360 pl. XXXIV [338] (Irian Jaya)

Dohrn, A. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem Entomologischen verein zu Stettin. Stettin : Herrcke & Lebeling ii 112 pp. [21] (catalogue)

Dupuis, C. 1952. Priorité de quelques noms d'Hétéroptères de Guérin-Ménéville (1831). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 77: 447-454 [449] (Guérin type data)

Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [331] (note)

Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1844. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 7 pp. 41-134. [123] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Oncomerus flavicornis)

Herrich-Schaeffer, G.A.W. 1851. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnburg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 9 257-348 pp. [308] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Oncomerus flavicornis)

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [353, 356-357 fig. 4, 6] (key, description)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1900. Bibliographical and nomenclatorial notes on the Rhynchota. No. 1. The Entomologist 33(448): 238-243 [241] (list)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555, 557, 560, 565, 569, 601 figs 9, 46-49, 87] (biology, larvae)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [224] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [320] (list)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [148 pl. 12 fig. 9] (habitus)

Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [30] (incorrect subsequent spelling as Oncomerus flavicornis, Indonesia)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [475] (list, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)

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Species Oncomeris ostraciopterus (Montrouzier, 1855)

Tessaratoma ostraciopterus Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1-114 [99].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Woodlark Is. (as l'île de Woodlark).
Oncomeris socius Stål, C. 1860. Hemiptera. Species novas descripsit. pp. 219–298 in, Konglika Svenska Fregattens Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorden, under Befal af C.A. Virgin åren 1851–1853. III Zoologi, Insekter. Stockholm : Norstedt. [232].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♀, Australia (as New Holland).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [62] (synonymy of Oncormeris socius and nov. comb. as Oncomeris ostracioptera)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Lehmann, H. 1921. Systematisch Hemipterologische studien Tessaratominae and Dinidorinae). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 87(A6): 36-40 [36] (Papua New Guinea)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [224] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [320] (list)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [475] (list)

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Genus Oncoscelis Westwood, 1837

Oncoscelis Westwood, J.O. 1837. Descriptions of several new species of exotic Hemipterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 18-24 1 pl. [19] [not a junior homonym of Onchoscelis Dejean, 1835; Oncoscelis Agassiz, 1846 is an unjustified emendation of Onchoscelis].
Type species:
Oncoscelis australasiae Westwood, 1837 by original designation.
Rhoecus Bergroth, E. 1891. Contributions à l'étude des Pentatomides. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 10: 200-235 [214] [nom. nov. for Oncoscelis Westwood, 1837; not a junior homonym of Roicus Clark, 1860 (Coleoptera)].
Rhoecocoris Bergroth, E. 1895. Contributions to a knowledge of the Rhynchota of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 287-302 [291] [unnecessary replacement name for Rhoecus Bergroth, 1891].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [318, 346] (key)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [324] (description)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [324] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Rhoecus Bergroth, 1891 as valid name)

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [223] (key)

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Species Oncoscelis australasiae Westwood, 1837

Oncoscelis australasiae Westwood, J.O. 1837. Descriptions of several new species of exotic Hemipterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 18-24 1 pl. [20].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM Hem. 271 ♂♀, Australia (as New Holland).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Byfield, Mt Tamborine, Yeppoon, NSW—Hunter River district, Richmond River district.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Melicope micrococca (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley [RUTACEAE] Hairy-leaved Doughwood), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [346] (list)

Dohrn, A. 1860. Hemipterologische Miscellaneen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 21: 158-162 [21] (catalogue)

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555-556, 559, 601] (biology, larvae)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [325] (list)

Stål, C. 1863. Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 571-603 [599] (diagnosis)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [477] (list)

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Genus Peltocopta Bergroth, 1904

Peltocopta Bergroth, E. 1904. Ueber die systematische Stellung der Gattung Megaedoeum Karsch. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23: 37-40 [40] [nom. nov. for Coptopelta Bergroth, 1895].
Coptopelta Bergroth, E. 1895. Contributions to a knowledge of the Rhynchota of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 287-302 [290] [junior homonym of Coptopelta Hende, 1880 (Reptilia)].
Type species:
Coptopelta crassiventris Bergroth, 1895 by monotypy.
Chinatessa Leston, D. 1955. A key to the genera of Oncomerini Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae, Tessaratominae), with the description of a new genus and species from Australia and new synonymy. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 24: 62-68 [66].
Type species:
Chinatessa natalicoloides Leston, 1955 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [442]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

General References

Bergroth, E. 1908. Enumeratio Pentatomidarum post Catalogum bruxellensem descriptarum. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 15: 131-200 [184] (list)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [320] (description)

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Species Peltocopta crassiventris (Bergroth, 1895)

Coptopelta crassiventris Bergroth, E. 1895. Contributions to a knowledge of the Rhynchota of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 287-302 [291].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♀, QLD.
Chinatessa natacoloides Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [442].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1953-629 (ex Buchanan-White coll.) ♂, NE Australia (as N.E. Austral.).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [442]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NSW—Richmond River, Surfers Paradise, Wardell.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Mallotus discolor F.Muell. ex Benth. [EUPHORBIACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555, 557, 559, 560, 562, 569, 572, 597-600 figs 4, 14, 40-4] (biology, larva)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [320] (list)

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Genus Plisthenes Stål, 1865

Plisthenes Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [224].
Type species:
Tessaratoma dilatatum Montrouzier, 1855 by subsequent designation, see Stål, C. 1866. Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 151-172 [157].
Merocoris Burmeister, H.C.C. 1834. Mémoire sur la division naturelle des Punaises terestres, considérées surtout relativement à la structure des antennes. Silbermann's Revue. Entomologique 2: 1-26 [19] [junior homonym of Merocoris Perty, 1833 (Hemiptera)].
Type species:
Cimex merianae Fabricius, 1775 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [63]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications: TESSARATOMIDAE: Plisthenes merianae (Fabicius, 1775) — Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [448] (based on misidentification of Plisthenes australis)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Distant, W.L. 1914. Report on the Rhynchota collected by the Wollaston Expedition in Dutch New Guinea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 20: 335-360 pl. XXXIV [338] (distribution)

Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [341, 359-360] (key, description)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [224] (catalogue)

Miller, N.C.E. 1956. The Biology of the Heteroptera. London : Leonard Hill Ltd x 162 pp. [45] (note)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [322] (description)

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [224] (key)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [475] (list)

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Species Plisthenes australis Horváth, 1900

Plisthenes australis Horváth, G. 1900. Analecta ad cognitionem Tessaratominorum. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23: 339-374 [362].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP sex unknown, Somerset, QLD.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cape York.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Distant, W.L. 1889. Synopsis of the Rhynchotal genus Plisthenes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 3: 271-272 [272] (misidentification as Plisthenes merianae (Fabricius, 1775))

Distant, W.L. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(1) x 242 pp. [151] (misidentification as Plisthenes merianae (Fabricius, 1775))

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [555, 559, 601 figs 55] (biology, larvae)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [324] (list)

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Genus Stilida Stål, 1863

Stilida Stål, C. 1863. Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 571-603 [599].
Type species:
Stilida indecora Stål, 1863 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Kumar, R. 1962. Morpho-taxonomical studies on the genitalia and salivary glands of some Pentatomoidea. Entomologisk Tidskrift 83: 44-88 [47 fig. 24] (genitalia)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [223] (key)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [477] (list)

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Species Stilida indecora Stål, 1863

Stilida indecora Stål, C. 1863. Hemipterorum exoticorum generum et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptiones. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 571-603 [599].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Moreton Bay, QLD; NHRM ♂, Moreton Bay, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Dalby, Gayndah, Rockhampton, Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is.), Yeppoon.

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Alectryon connatus (F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Alectryon; Cupaniopsis parvifolia (F.M.Bailey) L.A.S.Johnson [SAPINDACEAE] Green-leaved Tamarind; Citrus aurantium L. [RUTACEAE] Orange; Alectryon diversifolius (F.Muell.) S.T.Reynolds [SAPINDACEAE] Scrub Boonaree; Arytera sp. [SAPINDACEAE]; Citrus semiglauca F.Muell. [RUTACEAE]; Arytera foveolata F.Muell. [SAPINDACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Blöte, H.C. 1945. Catalogue of the Pentatomidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part I: Tessaratominae, Urolabidinae. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 25: 285-316 [286] (list)

Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [331] (host plant, orange)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Schmeltz, J.D.E. 1874. Catalog der zum Verkauf stehenden Doubletten aus den naturhistorischen Expedition der Herren Joh. Hamburg : Ges. Godeffroy & Sohn Vol. 5 xxxvi 215 pp. [63] (QLD)

Sharp, D. 1890. On the structure of the terminal segment in some male Hemiptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1890: 399-427 pls XII-XIV [409] (male genitalia)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [148] (note)

Tryon, H. 1923. Orange tree bug (Oncoscelis sulciventris). Queensland Agricultural Journal 20: 301-302 [103]

Van Duzee, E.P. 1905. Notes on Australian Pentatomidae, with descriptions of a few new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 187-214 [211] (note)

Walker, F. 1868. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 419-599. [477] (list)

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Species Stilida sinuata Stål, 1870

Stilida sinuata Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [61].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂, Cape York, QLD.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Torres Strait Ils (Thursday Is.).

IBRA

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Kumar, R. 1969. Morphology and relationships of the Pentatomoidea (Heteroptera) IV. Oncomerinae (Tessaratomidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 17: 553-606 [601] (biology)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [325] (list)

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Genus Tibiospina Sinclair, 2000

Tibiospina Sinclair, D.P. 2000. Two new genera of Tessaratomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 299-305 [299].
Type species:
Tibiospina darlingtoni Sinclair, 2000 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

General References

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [326] (list)

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Species Tibiospina darlingtoni Sinclair, 2000

Tibiospina darlingtoni Sinclair, D.P. 2000. Two new genera of Tessaratomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 299-305 [300].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Mt Lewis Rd, 29 km from highway, QLD [10:31S 145:16E].
Paratype(s) QM ♂.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cape Tribulation district, Kuranda, Mt Bellenden Ker, Mt Hypipamee National Park.

IBRA

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, closed forest, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

General References

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [326] (list)

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Family TESSARATOMIDAE

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Subfamily Oncomerinae

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Genus Agapophyta Guérin, 1831

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Species Agapophyta bipunctata Guérin, 1831

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Genus Cumare Blöte, 1945

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Species Cumare pallida Blöte, 1945

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Genus Erga Walker, 1868

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Species Erga longitudinalis (Westwood, 1837)

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Genus Garceus Distant, 1893

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Species Garceus fidelis Distant, 1893

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