Genus Emcephalus Kirby, 1828
- Emcephalus Kirby, W. 1828. A description of some coleopterous insects in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, F.L.S. Zoological Journal London 3: 520-525 [524].
Type species:
Emcephalus gibbosus Kirby, 1828 by monotypy. - Encephalus Brême, F. de 1842. Essai Monographique et Iconographique de la Tribu des Cossyphides. Paris : Lacheze. [23] [as subgenus of Helaeus; unjustified emendation and preoccupied].
- Ellaemus Pascoe, F.P. 1866. Notices of new or little known genera and species of Coleoptera. Part V. Journal of Entomology 2: 443-493, pls xviii-xix [Date published Jun. 1866] [495] [unnecessary replacement name for Encephalus].
- Encara Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1870. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque Descriptorum Synonymicus et Systematicus. Tom VII. Tenebrionidae, Nilionidae, Pythidae, Melandryidae, Lagriidae, Pedilidae, Anthicidae, Pyrochroidae, Mordellidae, Rhipidophoridae, Cantharidae, Oedemeridae. Monachi [Munich] : E.H. Gummi pp. 1801–2179 + [11]. [124] [unnecessary replacement name for Encephalus].
- Euhelaeus Gebien, H. 1920. Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae. Nova Guinea 13: 213-500 [281].
Type species:
Euhelaeus speculiferus Gebien, 1920 by monotypy (from New Guinea).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Watt, J.C. 1968. Specific synonymy in Mimopeus Pascoe (Cilibe auctorum), and the nomenclatoral status of some related genera (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). New Zealand Entomologist 4: 35-39 [35] (Encephalus Brême)
- Matthews, E.G. 1993. Classification, relationships and distribution of the genera of Heleini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 1025-1095 [1074] (Euhelaeus Gebien)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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