Species Umbrageocoris elegantulus (Distant, 1904)
- Geocoris elegantulus Distant, W.L. 1904. Rhynchotal notes. XXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 13: 263-276 [267].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Townsville, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Malipatil, M.B. 1994. Revision of Australian Geocoris Fallén and Stylogeocoris Montandon (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Geocorinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 299-327 [304].
Generic Combinations
- Umbrageocoris elegantulus (Distant, 1904). —
Kóbor, P. 2022. A redefinition of Umbrageocoris with new species and new combinations (Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea, Geocoridae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 69(2): 139-150 [145, Figs 4, 9, 25, 26, 28]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Brisbane, Cohen, Mt Lewis, NT—East Point, Lee Point, Ludmilla Creek.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, closed forest, diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Rhizophora stylosa Griff. [RHIZOPHORACEAE] Spotted-leaved Red Mangrove), omnivore, predator, terrestrial, tropical, up-on-plants, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Wing polymorphism, macropterous, submacropterous and coleopteroid morphs, sweeping cleared monsoon forest.
General References
Malipatil, M.B. 1994. Revision of Australian Geocoris Fallén and Stylogeocoris Montandon (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Geocorinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 299-327 [304, figs 5-7] (description)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [548] (catalogue)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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06-Mar-2023 | GEOCORIDAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 06-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
05-Dec-2019 | GEOCORIDAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
05-Dec-2019 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Aug-2012 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED |