Genus Gygis Wagler, 1832

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Genus Gygis Wagler, 1832

Gygis Wagler, J.G. 1832. [Title unknown]. Isis von Oken, Jena 11 [col. 1223] [not a junior homonym of Gyges Bory St. Vincent, 1825 (Protista): ICdZN Art. 56.2].
Type species:
Sterna candida Gmelin, 1789 by monotypy.
Leucanous Mathews, G.M. 1912. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby & Co. Vol. 2 pt 4 pp. 357-476 pls 108-120. [Date published 1 Nov. 1912] [432].
Type species:
Gygis microrhyncha Saunders, 1876 by original designation.
Alphagygis Mathews, G.M. 1914. New genera. Austral Avian Records 2: 110-112 [110] [replacement name; for Gygis Wagler, not Gyges Bory de St. Vincent].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Ascension Island
Saint Helena
Seychelles

Australian Region

Australia
- Lord Howe Island
- New South Wales
- Norfolk Island
- Queensland
Federated States of Micronesia
Kiribati
New Zealand
- Kermadec Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Pitcairn Islands
Samoa (American)
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Western Samoa

Neotropical Region

Trinidad and Tobago

Oriental Region

Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		08-Oct-2015	MODIFIED

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