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Species Dippilana membranacea Distant, 1910

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Species Dippilana membranacea Distant, 1910

  • Dippilana membranacea Distant, W.L. 1910. Rhynchotal notes. LII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 369-386, 465-481, 585-603 [373].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) BMNH Hem. 730 ♂, Kilalpaninna, SA (as Kilalpaninna, S. Centr. Australia).
  • Poecilometis gibbiceps Bergroth, E. 1916. New genera and species of Australian Hemiptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 29: 1-18 [5].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) NMV ♂♀, QLD; WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Leston, D. 1957. Australasian Halyinae (Hem., Pentatomidae): new synonymy. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 93: 188 [188]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

SA—Billa Kalina, Dalhousie Springs, Emu Camp, Gilberton, Lake Eyre, Lyndhurst, Peake Homestead, Woomera, Yalata, WA—Drummond Cove, Madura, NT—Mt Charlotte.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, diurnal, herbivore, terrestrial, volant.

 

General References

Gross, G.F. 1972. A revision of the species of Australian and New Guinea shield bugs formerly placed in the genera Poecilometis Dallas and Eumecopus Dallas (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with description of new species and selection of lectotypes. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 15: 1-192 [147] (list)

Gross, G.F. 1976. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 2 251-501 pp. [283 fig. 113] (description, habitus)