Genus Dimorphopterus Stål, 1872

Museums

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• Dimorphopterus Stål, C. 1872. Genera Lygaeidarum Europae disposuit. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 29(7): 37-62 [44].

  Type species:

   Micropus spinolae Signoret, 1857 by subsequent designation, see Oshanin, B.F. 1912. Katalog der paläarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera—Auchenorrhyncha und Psylloideae). Berlin : R. Friedländer & Sohn xvi 187 pp. [29].
• Esmun Distant, W.L. 1909. Rhynchotal notes. XLVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 3: 317-345 [330].

  Type species:

   Esmun typicus Distant, 1909 by monotypy.
• Euhemerus Distant, W.L. 1909. Rhynchotal notes. XLVII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 3: 317-345 [331].

  Type species:

   Euhemerus latus Distant, 1909 by monotypy.
• Caenoblissus Barber, H.G. 1958. Insects of Micronesia. Heteroptera: Lygaeidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 173-218 [186].

  Type species:

   Caenoblissus pilosus Barber, 1958 by original designation.
• Stenoblissus Wagner, E. & Slater, J.A. 1964. Zur Systematik der Blissinae Stål in der Paläarktis (Hem. Het. Lygaeidae). Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 24: 67-76 [69].

  Type species:

   Micropus curtulus Dohrn, 1860 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Slater, J.A., Ashlock, P.D. & Wilcox, D.B. 1969. The Blissinae of Thailand and Indochina (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 11: 671-733 [718] (synonymy of Esmun and Euhemerus)
• Slater, J.A. & Wilcox, D.B. 1973. The chinch bugs or Blissinae of South Africa (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of South Africa 1973(12): 1-135 [75] (synonymy of Caenoblissus and Stenoblissus)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Broadly distributed across Mediterranean, central and northern Europe and Middle East.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

General References

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [165] (catalogue)

Oshanin, B.F. 1906. Verzeichnis der Palaearktischen Hemipteren mit besondere Berücksichtigung ihrer Verteilung im Russischen Reiche. Band I Heteroptera. Supplement to Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences, St Petersburg. pp. i–lxxiv, 1–393. [272] (catalogue)

Oshanin, B.F. 1912. Katalog der paläarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera—Auchenorrhyncha und Psylloideae). Berlin : R. Friedländer & Sohn xvi 187 pp. [29] (type)

Péricart, J. 1998. Hémiptères Lygaeidae Euro-Méditerranéens. Volume 1. Généralités Systématique: Première Partie. Faune de France 84A: I-XX 1-468, 4 pls [277] (description, distribution)

Puton, A. 1886. Catalogue des Hémiptères (Hétéroptères, Cicadines et Psyllides) de la faune Paléarctique. Caen : Henri Delesques. pp. 3-100. [22] (catalogue)

Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [464] (catalogue)

Slater, J.A. 1974. The genus Dimorphopterus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Blissinae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 126: 57-89 [59] (description, species revision)

Slater, J.A. 1979. The systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the Blissinae of the world. (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 165: 1-180 [85] (diagnosis, phylogeny)

Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [49] (catalogue)

Stichel, W. 1958. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der Wanzen. II Europa (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae). Pentatomomorpha Lygaeoidea Lygaeidae (3). Berlin : W. Stichel (privately published) Vol. 4(4) pp. 97-128. [103, 107-108, 319] (type, key)

 

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