Genus Ethomela Lea, 1916

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Genus Ethomela Lea, 1916

Anica Lhoste, J. 1934. Étude des Chrysomelinae de la région Australienne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 103: 347-362 [355].
Type species:
Anica rufipes Lhoste, 1934 by original designation.
Ethomela Lea, A.M. 1916. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 272-436 [Date published Dec. 23, 1916] [425].
Type species:
Ethomela decipiens Lea, 1916 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Daccordi, M. 2005. Notes on some Australian Chrysomelinae (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae). pp. 615-620 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 42, 644 pp.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; NSW, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs

General References

Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [64] (diagnostic description)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Mar-2012		29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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