Commius elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pentatomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Pentatominae
Tribus: Diemeniini
Genus: Commius
Species: Commius elegans

Name

Commius elegans (Donovan, 1805)

Synonyms:

• Cimex elegans Donovan, 1805
• Strachia fasciata Signoret, 1851

Vernacular names

English: Cherry Ballart shield bug

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Distribution

Oceania

• Australia (South-East)

found on Exocarpos cupressiformis (cherry ballart)

References

• Donovan, E. 1805. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and other islands..., 41 plates, text. Author, London. BHLReference page. 
• Signoret V. 1851. Description de nouvelles espèces d'Hémiptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (2)9: 329–348, pl. 10. (French) BHL Reference page. 

Links

• afd – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
• Zicha, Ondřej et al. Commius elegans – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).