Open AccessTHE OCCURRENCE IN AUSTRALIA OF DINIELLA BERGROTH (HEMIPTERA: LYGAEIDAE: RHYPAROCHROMINAE) WITH REDESCRIPTIONS OF TWO SPECIES
Author(s) -
WOODWARD T. E.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1979.tb00831.x
Subject(s) - lygaeidae , hemiptera , biology , genus , zoology , heteroptera , ecology
The predominantly Oriental genus Diniella (Lethaeini) is newly recorded from the Australian region. The type‐species, D. glabrata (Stål), is redescribed and recorded from tropical Western Australia and north Queensland, and from Sarawak, East Malaysia. D. insignis Distant is synonymised with D. glabrata. D. pallipes (Scott) is redescribed and recorded from the extreme north‐east of Queensland.