Species Brachysandalus erythromelas (Walker, 1873)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pirates erythromelas Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-213. [128].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Port Essington, NT.
• Pirates (Brachysandalus) brevicoxis Stål, C. 1874. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 12(1): 1-186 [60].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM ♀, Cape York, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Malipatil, M.B., Liu, Y., Cai, W. 2024. Revision of Australian Brachysandalus with the description of nine new species including one cavernicolous species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), and observations on male extragenital structure and leg teratology. Zootaxa 5490(1): 001-112 [26].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. 1995. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhuncha to Cimicomorpha). pp. 1-501 in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 27.3A xv 506 pp.

Generic Combinations

• Brachysandalus erythromelas (Walker, 1873).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

History of changes