Genus Arthropterus Macleay, 1838

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• Arthropterus Macleay, W.S. 1838. Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of the natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836. London : Smith, Elder & Co. 75 pp. pls 1-4. [75] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Cerapterus Swederus, 1788].

  Type species:

   Cerapterus macleaii Donovan, 1805 by monotypy.
• Phymatopterus Westwood, J.O. 1838. On the genus Cerapterus of Swederus. Entomological Magazine. London 5: 500-505 [503] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Cerapterus W.S. Macleay, 1838] and subsequently misspelled as Phymarthropterus by Janssens, E. 1953. Cupesidae, Paussidae. pp. 1–84 in Hincks, W.D. (ed). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 4 Pars 5].

  Type species:

   Cerapterus (Phymatopterus) piceus Westwood, 1838 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Janssens, E. 1953. Cupesidae, Paussidae. pp. 1-84 in Hincks, W.D. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 4(5). [Date published 3-Jun-53].
• Telarthropterus Kolbe, H. 1924. Über einige Paussidenarten Australiens (Gattung Arthropterus). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 67: 10-28 [10] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Arthropterus W.S. Macleay, 1838].

  Type species (included species):

   Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) schismaticus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) spadiceus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) simiolus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) fraternus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) pervicax Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus rockhamptonensis Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) geminus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) sidnetus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) avunculus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus tuneri Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) eruditulis Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus adelaidae Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus occidentalis Blackburn, 1892; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) petax Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus wyanamattae Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) socius Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) donovani Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) insidiosus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) ominosus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Telarthropterus) moretoni Kolbe, 1924
• Archarthropterus Kolbe, H. 1924. Zur Kenntnis der Paussiden Australiens: Untergattungen von Arthropterus. (Col). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 4: 345-353 [349] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Arthropterus W.S. Macleay, 1838].

  Type species (included species):

   Arthropterus quadricollis Westwood, 1874; Arthropterus neglectus Lea, 1910; Arthropterus howitti Macley, 1873; Arthropterus wilsoni Westwood, 1850; Arthropterus brevicollis Macleay, 1873
• Euarthropterus Kolbe, H. 1924. Zur Kenntnis der Paussiden Australiens: Untergattungen von Arthropterus. (Col). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 4: 345-353 [350] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Arthropterus W.S. Macleay, 1838].

  Type species (included species):

   Arthropterus angusticornis Macleay, 1871; Arthropterus denudatus Westwood, 1850; Arthropterus latipennis Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus (Euarthropterus) reflectus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Euarthropterus) dissidens Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus waterhousei Macleay, 1873
• Pelarthropterus Kolbe, H. 1924. Zur Kenntnis der Paussiden Australiens: Untergattungen von Arthropterus. (Col). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 4: 345-353 [350] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Arthropterus W.S. Macleay, 1838].

  Type species (included species):

   Arthropterus angulatus Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus (Pelarthropterus) horni Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Pelarthropterus) ambitiosus Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus (Pelarthropterus) brunni Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus bisinuatus Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus foveicollis Mecleay, 1873
• Sticharthropterus Kolbe, H. 1924. Zur Kenntnis der Paussiden Australiens: Untergattungen von Arthropterus. (Col). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 4: 345-353 [350] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Arthropterus W.S. Macleay, 1838].

  Type species (included species):

   Arthropterus (Sticharthropterus) sphinx Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus elongatulus Macleay, 1871
• Panarthropterus Kolbe, H. 1924. Über einige Paussidenarten Australiens (Gattung Arthropterus). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 67: 10-28 [351] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Arthropterus W.S. Macleay, 1838].

  Type species (included species):

   Arthropterus mastersi Macleay, 1871; Arthropterus nigricornis Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus (Panarthropterus) dohmi Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus hopei Westwood, 1845; Arthropterus (Panarthropterus) secedens Kolbe, 1924; Arthropterus subampliatus Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus picipes Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus montanus Macleay, 1873; Arthropterus humeralis Macleay, 1873

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Janssens, E. 1953. Cupesidae, Paussidae. pp. 1-84 in Hincks, W.D. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 4(5). [Date published 3-Jun-53] [17]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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