Species Testrica antica Walker, 1867
- Testrica antica 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. [70].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide, SA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Stanthorpe, SA—Adelaide, Billeroo Waterhole, Boolcoomata Station, Kudriemitchie Outstation, Vokes Hill Corner.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arid, herbivore (associated flora: Duboisia hopwoodii (F.Muell.) F.Muell. [SOLANACEAE] Pituri), sap-feeder, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
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. [133 fig. 40] (description, habitus)
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [55] (catalogue)
Musgrave, A. 1930. Contributions to the knowledge of Australian Hemiptera. No. II. A revision of the subfamily Graphosomatinae (Family Pentatomidae). Records of the Australian Museum 17: 317-341 pls LII-LIV [329] (description, distribution)
Schouteden, H. 1905. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Graphosomatinae. Genera Insectorum 30: 1-46 3 pls [26]
Stål, C. 1876. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 5. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 14(4): 1-162 [32] (list)
History of changes
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05-Aug-2022 | PENTATOMIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 30-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
15-Aug-2012 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED |