Species Tomocoris minutus Woodward, 1955
- Tomocoris minutus 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 [7].
Type data:
Holotype QM T5299 ♂, East of Hacking River [Royal] National Park, NSW.
Paratype(s) AM K6774, K6775 6♂ 4♀; BMNH 2 specimens; EUQ (not located); QM T5300 ♀; SAMA.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Toorbul Point.
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Flightless, granivore, ground dweller, herbivore, subtropical, terrestrial, tropical.
Extra Ecological Information
Wing polymorphism (brachypterous, sub-brachypterous).
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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