History of changes

• Orthocnemis Westwood, J.O. 1845. Descriptions of some species of exotic Heteropterous Hemiptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 119-122 [121] [originally introduced as a subgenus of Holoptilus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825].

  Type species:

   Holoptilus (Orthocnemis) basalis Westwood, 1845 by monotypy.

History of changes

• Holoptilus (Orthocnemis) basalis Westwood, J.O. 1845. Descriptions of some species of exotic Heteropterous Hemiptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 119-122 [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM Hem 425 ♂, Adelaide, SA.

History of changes

• Ptilocerus Gray, J.E. 1831. Description of a new genus of hemipterous insect, discovered by Major General Hardwicke in India. Zoological Miscellany 1831: 34 [34].

  Type species:

   Ptilocerus fuscus Gray, 1831 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Pine Creek (PCK), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Ptilocerus spangenbergi Malipatil, M.B. 2018. First record of the genus Ptilocerus in the Australian Region, with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 4410(1): 177-189 [178, Figs. 1, 2a, 3–12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM ♂, Pt Darwin, NT.
  Paratype(s) AM 2♂, 8♀, Pt Darwin, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Pine Creek (PCK), Wet Tropics (WT)

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus Westwood, J.O. 1840. Memoire on the genus Holoptilus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 248-253 [252] [originally introduced as a subgenus of Holoptilus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825; Kerzhner, I.M. 1993. Nomenclatural and bibliographic corrections to J. Maldonado Capriles (1990) "Systematic catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera)". Zoosyst. Rossica 1: 46–60 [50] indicates that Ptilocerus Gray, 1831 and Ptilocnemus may be objective synonyms, and that a ruling is required from the ICZN to fix H. lemur as the type species of Ptilocnemus and to conserve Ptilocnemus].

  Type species:

   Holoptilus (Ptilocnemus) lemur Westwood, 1840 by monotypy.
• Ptilocnemidia Kirkaldy, G.W. 1902. Miscellanea Rhynchotalia.—No. 3. The Entomologist 35(468): 136-138 [137] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Ptilocnemus Westwood, 1840].

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus borealis Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [294].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM ♂, Elsey Creek, 10 miles E of Mataranka on Roper Bar Road, NT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♂; NTM 2♂; SAMA ♂.

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus darwinensis Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [292].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Darwin (as Port Darwin), NT.

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus distinctus Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [291].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Gayndah, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 2♀.

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus femoralis Horváth, G. 1902. Descriptions of new Hemiptera from New South Wales. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 601-612 [607].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNH ♂, Tamworth, NSW.

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus kakaduensis Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [294].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Jim Jim Falls area, Kakadu National Park, NT.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀; NTM ♂.

History of changes

• Holoptilus (Ptilocnemus) lemur Westwood, J.O. 1840. Memoire on the genus Holoptilus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 248-253 [252].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM ♂, locality unknown.
  Paralectotype(s) OUM 2♂ ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [287].
• Ptilocnemus plumifer Horváth, G. 1902. Descriptions of new Hemiptera from New South Wales. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 601-612 [607].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNH ♂, Rockhampton, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) MNH ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [285].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [285]

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus pallidus Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [795].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide River, NT (as NW Australia).
• Ptilocnemus vittatus Miller, N.C.E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (N.H.), London. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 5: 29-81 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Kingaroy, QLD.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [290]

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus sidnicus Mayr, G. 1865. Diagnosen neuer Hemipteren. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 429-446 [437].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHMW ♂, Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) NHMW ♂ 4♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [288].
• Ptilocnemus minutus Reuter, O.M. 1881. Ad cognitionem Reduvidarum mundi antiqui. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 12: 1-71, 269-339 [271].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♂ (type lost, see Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283–299 [289]), Melbourne, VIC.
• Ptilocnemus funereus Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [793].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, TAS.
• Ptilocnemus occidentalis Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [789].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Swan River, WA.
• Ptilocnemus glis Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [790].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Mole Creek, TAS.
• Ptilocnemus opacus Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [794].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Franklin, TAS.
• Ptilocnemus tasmaniae Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [795].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Hobart, TAS.
• Ptilocnemus velutinus Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [788].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Sydney, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Montandon, A.L. 1907. Notes sur les Holoptilidae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 5: 414-427 [422] (synonymy of Ptilocnemus minutus)
• Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [288] (synonymy of Ptilocnemus funereus, P. glis, P. occidentalis, P. opacus, P. tasmaniae and P. velutinus)

History of changes

• Smiliopus Bergroth, E. 1909. Vier neue australische Hemipteren-Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909: 328-335 [335].

  Type species:

   Smiliopus compressipes Bergroth, 1909 by monotypy.
• Platycnemocoris Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [786].

  Type species:

   Platycnemocoris musculus Miller, 1950 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [296]

History of changes

• Ptilocnemus quadrinotatus Reuter, O.M. 1881. Ad cognitionem Reduvidarum mundi antiqui. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 12: 1-71, 269-339 [271].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, UZMH (Institution uncertain, type lost, see Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283–299 [297]), Adelaide, SA (as Australia).
• Smiliopus compressipes Bergroth, E. 1909. Vier neue australische Hemipteren-Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909: 328-335 [335].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♂ (type lost, see Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283–299 [297]), VIC.
• Platycnemocoris musculus Miller, N.C.E. 1950. New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History).—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 3: 786-804 [786].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Swan River, WA.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malipatil, M.B. 1985. Revision of Australian Holoptilinae (Reduviidae: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 283-299 [297]

History of changes