Genus Elasmucha Stål, 1864

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• Elasmucha Stål, C. 1864. Hemiptera nonnulla nova vel minus cognita. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 4: 47-68 [54].

  Type species:

   Cimex ferrugator Fabricius, 1787 by subsequent designation, see Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [175].
• Clinocoris Hahn, C.W. 1834. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg : C.H. Zeh'schen Buchhandlung Vol. 2 33-120 pp. [70] [junior homonym of Clinocoris Fallén, 1829 (Cimicidae)].

  Type species:

   Cimex ferrugator Fabricius, 1794 (=Cimex ferrugatus Fabricius, 1787) by subsequent designation, see Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [175].
• Meadorus Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1866. Histoire Naturelle des Punaises de France, Pentatomides. Paris : F. Savy & Deyrolle Vol. 2 372 pp. 2 pls. [315] [Froeschner, R.C. 1988. Acanthosomatidae. pp. 1–3 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill . [2] gives Cimex interstinctus Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species; the original designation was based on a misidentification of Cimex griseus Linnaeus, 1758; this is not followed in the Catalogue pending case to International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature].

  Type species:

   Cimex interstinctus Linnaeus, 1758 (=Cimex griseus Linnaeus, 1758) by monotypy (Cimex interstinctus Linnaeus sensu Mulsant & Rey, 1866).
• Pseudostollia Breddin, G. 1901. Die Hemipteren von Celebes ein beitrag zur faunistik der insel. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 24: 1-213 1 pl. [65].

  Type species:

   Acanthosoma delicatula Walker, 1867 by monotypy.
• Galasastra Breddin, G. 1903. Uber missdeutete und neue Hemipteren-Arten der indo-australischen Fauna. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 193-223 [206].

  Type species:

   Galasastra salebrosa Breddin, 1903 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kumar, R. 1974. A revision of world Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): keys to and descriptions of subfamilies, tribes and genera, with designation of types. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 34: 1-60 [49]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Ahmad, I. & Moizuddin, M. 1990. A revision of Acanthosomatidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea) from Indo-Pakistan area with a cladistic analysis of the genera. Oriental Insects 24: 267-304 [277] (description)

Froeschner, R.C. 1988. Acanthosomatidae. pp. 1-3 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill xix 958 pp. [2] (catalogue, Nearctic Region)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [XXXII, 175] (catalogue)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [255] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement junior synonym of Elasmostethus Fieber)

Thomas, D.B. 1991. The Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera) of North America. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 67(3): 159-170 [160] (description)

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