Species Tomocoris scutellaris Woodward, 1955
- Tomocoris scutellaris 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 [9].
Type data:
Holotype QM T5301 ♂, Lamington National Park, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM K6775–K6777 5♂ 7♀; BMNH; EUQ ♂ ♀; QM ♂ 2♀ (one specimen with registration number T5302); SAMA.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Brookfield, Landsborough, Mt Coot-tha, Mt Tamborine, NSW—Braidwood, Brown Mountain, Bruxner Park, Cabbage Tree Creek, ACT—Mt Gingera.
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Flightless, granivore, ground dweller, herbivore, temperate, 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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