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species Metacanthus (Cardopostethus) pulchellus Dallas, 1852

• Distribution:
  •  Australia, India, Japan, Indonesia (Java), Korea, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippine Islands, Sri Lanka (Miller, 1941, Bull. Entomol. Res., 32: 3; Miyamoto, 1966, Sieboldia, 3: 343.; Stusak, 1971b, Entomol. Scand., Suppl. 1, p. 243).
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (9):
  • Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the specimens of Hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part. II. 2:490 >> Note: [N. India] >> Metacanthus pulchellus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:490938
  • Gross, G.F. 1950. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 9(3):323 >> Gampsocoris pulchellus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:490943
  • Stusak. 1971. Entomologica Scandinavica suppl 1:243 >> Metacanthus pulchellus
  • Henry. 1997. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(1):80 >> Metacanthus (Cardopostethus) pulchellus
  • Henry & Froeschner. 1998. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(4):35-36 >> Note: Dhiman and Garg (1983, Indian J. Ecol., 10: 90-93) studied climatic factors affecting this species in India; Dhiman (1992, Bioecol. Contr. Insect Pests, pp. 50-59) studied biology. >> Metacanthus (Cardopostethus) pulchellus
  • Péricart. 1999. Revue française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 21(2):86 >> Note: Lectotype designation >> Metacanthus pulchellus
  • Henry. 2000. In Schaefer & Panizzi. Heteroptera of Economic Importance. CRC Press 728-729 >> Metacanthus pulchellus
  • Péricart. 2001. In Aukema & Rieger [Ed.]. Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palearctic Region. Volume 4. Pentatomomorpha I. The Netherland Entomological Society 4:239 >> Metacanthus pulchellus
  • Cassis & G.F. Gross. 2002. In Houston & A. Wells. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 27.3B:168-169 >> Metacanthus (Cardopostethus) pulchellus

• synonym viridiventris Matsumura, 1907

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