Genus Brachyrhynchus Laporte, 1833
- Brachyrhynchus Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1833. Essai d'une classification systématique de l'ordre des Hémiptères (Hémiptères Héteroptères, Latr.). Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2: 17-75, Supplement: 76-88 [54].
Type species:
Brachyrhynchus orientalis Laporte, 1833 (=Acanthia membranacea Fabricius, 1798) by monotypy. - Dusius Bergroth, E. 1894. Fortsatta Bidrag till Aradidernas Kännedom. Entomologisk Tidskrift 15: 97-118 [104].
Type species:
Dusius torvus Bergroth, 1894 (=Crimia rugosa Signoret, 1858) by monotypy. - Hammatoneurum Blöte, H.C. 1965. Catalogue of the Aradidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 75: 1-41 [27].
Type species:
Mezira (Zemira) quadridentata Kormilev, 1971 by subsequent designation, see Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Mezirinae of the Oriental Region and South Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 26: 1-165 [35] (Blöte (1965) based Hammatoneurum on a misidentified type species, Arbanatus quadrispinosus Bergroth, 1894; Kormilev (1971) provided a replacement name, Mezira quadridentata; this is interpreted here as the type species in accordance with ICZN Article 70.3, despite his incorrect interpretation that Hammatoneurum is a nom. nud.). - Daulocorisella Blöte, H.C. 1965. Catalogue of the Aradidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 75: 1-41 [28].
Type species:
Mezira (Zemira) indica Kormilev, 1971 by subsequent designation, see Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Mezirinae of the Oriental Region and South Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 26: 1-165 [43] (Blöte (1965) based Daulocorisella on a misidentified type species, Crimia lateralis Walker, 1873; Kormilev (1971) provided a replacement name, Mezira (Zemira) indica Kormilev, 1971; this is interpreted here as the type species in accordance with ICZN Article 70.3, despite his incorrect interpretation that Daulocorisella is a nom. nud.). - Zemira Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Mezirinae of the Oriental Region and South Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 26: 1-165 [31] [first introduced as a subgenus of Mezira Amyot & Serville, 1843; junior homonym of Zemira Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda)].
Type species:
Acanthia membranacea Fabricius, 1798 by original designation. - Zimera Kormilev, N.A. 1980. Homonymy in the Aradidae (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 22: 328 [328] [nom. nov. for Zemira Kormilev, 1971; first introduced as a subgenus of Mezira Amyot & Serville, 1843].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bergroth, E. 1894. Ueber Brachyrrhynchus rugosus Sign. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 14: 179 [179] (synonymy of Dusius)
- Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Mezirinae of the Oriental Region and South Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 26: 1-165 [35, 43] (synonymy of Hammatoneurum and Daulocorisella)
- Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [113] (Mezira (Zimera) Kormilev, 1980 junior objective synonym of Brachyrhynchus)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
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)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
Monteith, G.B. 1997. Revision of the Australian flat bugs of the subfamily Mezirinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aradidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(1): 1-169 [90] (generic classification)
History of changes
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