Lygaeoidea Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)        Home       Search       Taxa       Key       Help       Wiki

Taxa hierarchy  

subspecies Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) famelicus famelicus (Fabricius, 1781)

• Distribution:
  •  Africa, Cape; Africa West.; Barthelemi Is.; Congo; Ethiopia; Fekerie-Gem; Madagascar; Mozambique; Natal; Nigeria; Ruanda; Sierra Leone; Somalialand; Rhodesia; Tanganyika; Uganda (Slater 1964); South Africa (Slater 1964 [T. flavescens]); Tropical Africa (Péricart 2001)
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (40):
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum II. Hamburgi et Kilonii: Ernest Bohnii. pp. 1-517 >> Note: Spec. Ins. 2: 365 (O.D.) >> Cimex famelicus
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum sistens species Nuper detectas II. Hafniae: Gottl. Proft pp. 1-382 >> Note: Mant. Ins. 2: 300 || (des.) >> Cimex famelicus
  • Gmelin. 1790. Caroli a Linne systema naturae. 1 4:517-2224 >> Note: Syst. Nat. 1: 4: 2173 || (des. nt.) >> Cimex famelicus
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia systematica emendata & aucta IV. Hafniae: C. G. Proft pp. 4:434 pp >> Note: Ent. Syst. 4: 156-157 || (des.) >> Lygaeus famelicus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:485693
  • Turton, W. 1800. A general system of nature through three Grand Kingdoms etc. Swansea: Voss & Morris, 2:1-717 >> Note: Gen. Syst. Nat. 2: 661 || (des.) >> Cimex famelicus
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard vi & x + 314 pp. >> Note: Syst. Ryngot., p. 223 || (des.) >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Thunberg. 1822. Dissertatis entomologica de Hemipteris Rostratis capensibus. (Handwritten copy in USNM. 4:1-6 >> Note: Hem. Rostr. Cap. 4: 3 || (des.) >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Thunberg. 1822. Dissertatis entomologica de Hemipteris Rostratis capensibus. (Handwritten copy in USNM. 4:1-6 >> Note: Hem. Rostr. Cap. 4: 3 || (des.; syn.) >> Lygaeus crocatus
  • Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the specimens of Hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part. II. 2:369-592 >> Note: List Hem. B. M. 2: 537 || (listed) >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Stal, C. 1856. Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Forh., Stockh. >> Note: Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh. 13: 193. >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Dohrn, F.A. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum 112 pp. >> Note: Cat. Hem., p. 32 || (syns.) >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Stal, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana II. Stockholm: Norstedtiana. pp. 1-200   >> Note: Hem. Afr. 2: 126-127 || (des.; syn.) >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Stal, C. 1868. Hemiptera Fabricana I. K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. >> Note: Kongl. Svens. Akad. Hand. 7: 11: 75 || (gen. posit.) >> Lygaeus (Oncopeltus) famelicus
  • Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Part V.:151-152 >> Note: Cat. Hem. Het. B. M. 5: 52. >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Gerstaecker. 1873. In: Baron Carl Claus Von der Decken's Reisen in Ost-Afrika. Dritter Band: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Zweite Abtheilung: Gliederthiere. (Insekten, Arachniden, Myriopoden & Isopoden). Leipzig und Heidelberg: C. F. Windter'Sche Verlagshandlung pp.vii-x, >> Note: In Decken, Reis. Ost-Afr. 3: 410 || (des. nts.; var. nts.) >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Stal, C. 1874. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl 12(1):1-186   >> Note: Enum. Hem. 4: 101 || (des. nt.; syn.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:485694
  • Wallengren. 1876. Ofvers. VetenskAkad. Forh., Stockh. >> Note: Ofv. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1875: 1: 134. >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Lethierry. 1881. Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova. >> Note: Ann. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Gen. 16: 289. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Distant, W.L. 1892. A naturalist in the Transvaal. London: R. H. Porter pp. >> Note: Nat. Transvaal, p. 247. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Lethierry & G. Severin. 1894. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique. II >> Note: Gen. Cat. Hem. 2: 136. || (syn.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • de Carlini. 1895. Ann. Mus. Stor. nat. Genova. >> Note: Ann. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Gen. (2): 15: 113. >> Lygaeus famelicus
  • Montandon, A.L. 1899. In: Junod, H. A.; La faune entomologique du Delagoa III. La faune entomologique du Delagoa III. Hemipteres pp. >> Note: In Junod, Faun. Ent. Delagoa 3: 218. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Marshall, G.A.K. 1902. Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. >> Note: Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1902: 518 || (mimicry; col. fig.-dv) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Distant, W.L. 1904. Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). London: Taylor & Francis pp. 1-503 >> Note: Fn. Brit. Ind. Rhynch. 2: 4 || (fixes as type sp. Oncopeltus) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Rodhain et al. 1913. >> Note: Rev. Zool. Afr. 2: 297 || (parasit. nt.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Bergroth, E. 1913. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. >> Note: Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 57: 239. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Anonymous. 1923. Rep. Calif. Coll. Agric. >> Note: U. Cal. Rept. Coll. Agr. Expt. Sta. 1922-23: 120-35 (R. A. E. (A) 1925: 24: 329) || (inj.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Golding, F.D. 1927. Bull. ent. Res. >> Note: Bull. Ent. Res. 18: 97 || (fp.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Schouteden, H. 1929. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. >> Note: Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 17: 73. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Mayne, R. & J. Ghesquiere. 1934. Ann. Gembl. 40(1):3-41 >> Note: Ann. Gembloux 40: 1: 16 || (fp.; ecol. nt.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Mancini. 1939. Real. Acad. Ital. Centr. Stud. Afr. Orient. Ital. 17 >> Note: Real. Accad. Ital. Cen. St. Afr. Orient. 17: 207. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Hargreaves, H. 1948. London: Commonwealth Institute of Entomology 1-50 >> Note: List Cotton Ins., p. 29 || (fp.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Villiers, A. 1952. Hemipteres de L'Afrique Noire (Punaises et Cigales). Instit. Francais D'Afrique Noire 1952:1-256 >> Note: Hem. Afr. Noire, pp. 113-114 || (des.; fig.-dv; gen. Afr. distr.; fp.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Mancini, C. 1956. Fragm. ent., Rome 2(8):65-96 >> Note: Frag. Ent. 2: 8: 79. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Gregoire & Jolivet. 1957. Parc National Albert 2(4):3-45 >> Note: Parc Nat. Albert 2: (4): 11, 29 || (blood coag.) >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Schouteden, H. 1957. Ann. Mus. Congo belge. 8(58):247-268 >> Note: Ann. Mus. Roy. Congo Belg. (8): 58: 256. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Lepelley. 1960. Agricultural insects of East Africa. Nairobi, Kenya: East Africa High Commission 307 pp. >> Note: Agr. Ins. E. Afr., p. 50. >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 166-167 >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Slater, J.A. & J.E. O'Donnell. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world 22 >> Oncopeltus famelicus
  • Pericart, J. 2001. In Aukema & Rieger [Ed.]. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palearctic Region. Volume 4. Pentatomomorpha I. The Netherland Entomological Society 4:50 >> Note: Tropical Africa >> Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus) famelicus famelicus
• See species famelicus for additional information.

• synonym flavescens (Distant, 1892)
• synonym beta (Thunberg, 1784)

	Home       Search       Taxa       Key       Help       Wiki      |      Top of page
Copyright © 2025.  Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.