Paradrymus exilirostris
From Species-ID
Ordo: Hemiptera
Familia: Rhyparochromidae
Name
- Paradrymus exilirostris Bergroth, 1916 Wikispecies link
Notes
- this Australian endemic is adventive in New Zealand
- it was first reported in New Zealand by Malipatil (1977: 179), based on specimens collected in 1976 at Percy Scenic Reserve, near Petone, Wellington (WN) (MONZ). Nothing more has been published, and these details were simply repeated by Larivière & Larochelle (2004: 126), in their catalogue of the New Zealand Heteroptera.
- a few years ago, I found in unsorted NZAC Heteroptera two specimens collected in 1974 at Lynfield, Auckland (AK) - these are probably the true earliest N.Z. record in collections
- I have collected a good series of this species in leaf litter under a small stand of eucalypts in Auckland Domain (see image)
References
- Bergroth, E. 1916: New genera and species of Australian Hemiptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.), 29: 1–18. Internet Archive BHL
- Larivière, M.-C.; Larochelle, A. 2004: Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (50)
- Malipatil, M.B. 1977: Additions to the Drymini of New Zealand (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 4(2): 177-182. doi Google books BUGZ
Stephen Thorpe 02:54, 6 January 2011 (CET)
