| Identification | 
			
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							| Current: | species Acantholybas kirkaldyi Bergroth, 1909 |  
							| Historical: | Acantholybas kirkaldyi; neoallotype of species Acantholybas kirkaldyi Bergroth, 1909; cited by Steinbauer & Clarke. 1996. Revision of the genus Acantholybas Breddin (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Annals Entomology Society of the Americas. 89(4):519-525 |  | 
			
				| Specimen | 
			
				|  | Basis of record: preserved specimen Counts: Females 1
 Depository: ANIC, Canberra
 Data source: Cassis & Gross. 2002. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha).  In Houston & Wells [Ed.]. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. 27.3B:xiv 737
 Other: no data
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				| Locality | 
			
				|  | Australia, Tasmania: "Copping" plantation near Nugent; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
				|  | December 02, 1994; M. Steinbauer | 
			
				| Images | 
			
				|  |  Acantholybas kirkaldyi Bergroth, 1909 (Paratype: female) – ANIC Canberra – © Australian National Insect Collection - CSIRO. Photograph taken by Paul Brock. 
  Acantholybas kirkaldyi Bergroth, 1909 (Paratype: female) – ANIC Canberra – © Australian National Insect Collection - CSIRO. Photograph taken by Paul Brock. 
  Acantholybas kirkaldyi Bergroth, 1909 (Paratype: female) – ANIC Canberra – © Australian National Insect Collection - CSIRO. Photograph taken by Paul Brock. | 
			
				| Sounds | 
			
				|  | None | 
			
				| Ecological relationships | 
			
				|  | Herbivore/Host Plant; Eucalyptus obliqua | 
			
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