Species Tomocoris australiensis Woodward, 1955
- Tomocoris australiensis Woodward, T.E. 1955. Studies on Queensland Hemiptera. Part I.—The genus Tomocoris (Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae). Papers of the Department of Entomology University of Queensland 1: 3-10 [5].
Type data:
Holotype QM T5297 ♂, Lamington National Park, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM ♀; BMNH ♀; EUQ ♀; SAMA ♀; QM T5298 2♀ (publication indicates one female for this depository).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Flightless, granivore, ground dweller, herbivore, subtropical, terrestrial.
General References
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [868] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. 1975. On the biology and zoogeography of Australian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with special reference to the southwest fauna. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 47-64 [52, 55] (wing polymorphism)
Woodward, T.E. 1963. A new species of Tomocoris Woodward and a new related genus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae). University of Queensland Papers Dept. Entomol. 1: 215-223 [220] (key)
History of changes
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