Species Brachyrhynchus membranaceus (Fabricius, 1798)

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• Acanthia albipennis Fabricius, J.C. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard x 314 pp. emmendanda. [118].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMK, Sumatra; ZMUC 2 specimens, Sumatra.
• Brachyrhynchus orientalis 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 data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, Java.
• Acanthia membranacea Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [526].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMK ♀ (type locality believed to be in error), Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Mezirinae of the Oriental Region and South Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 26: 1-165 [45].
• Crimia nigra Dohrn, A. 1860. Zur Heteropteren-Fauna Ceylon's. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 21: 399-409 [406].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, STM, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).
• Mezira modesta Blöte, H.C. 1965. Catalogue of the Aradidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 75: 1-41 [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH ♂, Sumatra.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stål, C. 1868. Hemiptera Fabriciana. Fabricianska Hemipterarter, efter de i Köpenhamn och Kiel förvarade typexemplaren granskade och beskrifne. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 7(11): 1-148 [96] (synonymy of Crimia nigra)
• Usinger, R.L. & Matsuda, R. 1959. Classification of the Aradidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). London : British Museum of Natural History viii 410 pp. [221] (synonymy of Aradus albipennis and Brachyrhynchus orientalis)
• Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [118] (synonymy of Mezira modesta)

Distribution

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic, fungivore, terrestrial, tropical, under bark.

General References

Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [305] (description)

Burmeister, H. 1835. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band: II Ordnung Rhynchota. Berlin : Theod. Ehr. Friedr. Enslin iv 400 pp. [254] (description)

Distant, W.L. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(1) x 242 pp. [160] (synonymy)

Izzard, R.J. 1936. The Hemiptera of Christmas Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 17: 577-600 [579] (list)

Kormilev, N.A. 1957. Notes on Aradidae from the Eastern Hemisphere, XIV (Hemiptera). Aradidae from the Oriental and Australian Regions IX. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 265-273 [266] (description)

Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Mezirinae of the Oriental Region and South Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Pacific Insects Monographs 26: 1-165 [44] (description, synonymy, distribution)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1896. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome III. Hétéroptères Tingidae, Phymatidae, Aradidae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Henicocephalidae, Reduvidae, Saldidae, Apophilidae, Ceratocombidae, Cimicidae, Anthocoridae. Berlin : R. Friedländer & Fils 275 pp. [42, 43] (catalogue)

Monteith, G.B. 1982. Biogeography of the New Guinea Aradidae (Heteroptera). pp. 645-657 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague & London : W. Junk Vol. 2(4) vii 983 pp. [646] (note)

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