Genus Trapezites Hübner, 1819

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• Trapezites Hübner, J. 1819 [1816–1826]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsburg, Germany : Jacob Hübner 17-176 pp. [issued 1819, dated 1816–1826] [112] [described without included nominal species].

  Type species:

   Trapezites symmomus Hübner, 1823 by subsequent monotypy, see Hübner, J. 1823. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge. Augsburg : Hübner 40 pp. 36-69 pls. [10].
• Steropes Boisduval, J.B.A.D. de 1832. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le Commandement de M.J. Dumont D'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le Voyage. Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris : J. Tastu iv, 267 pp. [publication date: Sherborn, C.D. & Woodward, B.B. 1901. Dates of publication of the zoological and botanical portions of some French voyages. Dumont d'Urville's Voyage de l'Astrolabe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 333 [333]] [167] [junior homonym of Steropes Steven, 1806 (Coleoptera), Steropes Rafinesque, 1815 (Lepidoptera) and Steropes Berthold, 1827 (Coleoptera); Neave, S.A. 1939–1940. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A List of the Names of Genera and Subgenera in Zoology from the Tenth Edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the End of 1935. London : The Zoological Society of London Vol. 1–4 (307) homonymy].

  Type species:

   Papilio iacchus Fabricius, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Lindsey, A.W. 1925. The types of Hesperioid genera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 18(1): 75-106 [101].
• Patlasingha Watson, E.Y. 1893. A proposed classification of the Hesperiidae, with a revision of the genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893(1): 3-132 [publication date: < 0107>] [74] [name introduced in a key to genera on p. 71, described on p. 74].

  Type species:

   Hesperia phigalia Hewitson, 1868 by original designation.
• Anisyntoides Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. New genera of Australian Hesperiidae and a new subspecies. The Australian Zoologist 7(3): 198-201 [198].

  Type species:

   Cyclopides argenteoornatus Hewitson, 1868 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [207]
• Mayo, R. & Atkins, A.F. 1992. Anisyntoides Waterhouse (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): a synonym of Trapezites Hübner, with description of a new species from Western Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 19(3): 81-88 [81]
• Atkins, A.F. 1999. The Skippers, Trapezites (Hesperiidae). pp. 75-104 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [82]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Pilbara (PIL)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Atkins, A.F. 1999. The Skippers, Trapezites (Hesperiidae). pp. 75-104 in Kitching, R.L., Scheermeyer, E., Jones, R.L. & Pierce, N.E. (eds). Biology of Australian Butterflies. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing xvi 395 pp. [75] (generic overview)

Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp. [73] (key to species in SA)

Mabille, P. 1904. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. Fam. Hesperidae. Genera Insectorum 17: 1-210, pls 1-4 (1903-1904) [94] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Trapezites as Trapezitas)

Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australasian butterflies. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 23: 101-133 [also issued as a repaginated separate in 1938] [129] (biology)

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