History of changes

• Isodermus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [281].

  Type species:

   Isodermus planus Erichson, 1842 by monotypy.
• Anchomichon Spinola, M.M. 1852. Orden VII. Hemípteros. pp. 113-320 in Gay, C. (ed.). Historia Física y Política de Chile. Zoológica. Paris : Maulde y Renou Vol. 7. [214].

  Type species:

   Anchomichon gayi Spinola, 1852 by monotypy.
• Ecpiestocoris Blanchard, E. 1852. Hemípteros. pp. 113-320 in Gay, C. (ed.). Historia Física y Política de Chile. Zoológica. Paris : Maulde y Renou Vol. 7. [223].

  Type species:

   Ecpiestocoris castaneus Blanchard, 1852 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stål, C. 1873. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 3. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 11(2): 1-163 [147] (synonymy of Anchomichon)
• Wygodzinsky, P. 1946. Contribution towards the knowledge of the Isoderminae (Aradidae, Hemiptera). Revista de Entomologia. Rio de Janeiro 17: 266-273 [268] (synonymy of Ecpiestocoris)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Distribution References

History of changes

• Isodermus dimorphus Heiss, E. 1982. On Isodermus planus Erichson, 1842, and a new species from Tasmania (Heteroptera, Aradidae). Entomofauna 2: 247-262 [252].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB ♂, Mt Barrow, TAS.
  Paratype(s) BMNH; ZMB; CHEISS; CREIGER
  Comment: 8♂ 11♀ paratypes designated.

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

VIC—Mt Baw Baw.

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic, fungivore, temperate, terrestrial, under bark, volant.

General References

Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [94] (catalogue)

History of changes

• Isodermus planus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [282].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB ♂, TAS (as Vandiemensland).
  Paralectotype(s) CHEISS 1♂; ZMB 4♀; ZMB 4♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Heiss, E. 1982. On Isodermus planus Erichson, 1842, and a new species from Tasmania (Heteroptera, Aradidae). Entomofauna 2: 247-262 [248].
• Isodermus vacillans Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-213. [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Usinger, R.L. & Matsuda, R. 1959. Classification of the Aradidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). London : British Museum of Natural History viii 410 pp. [59]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

VIC—Beaconsfield, Mt Baw Baw, Mt Buffalo, SA—Avenue Range, Bridgewater, Cleland Conservation Park, Kangaroo Is., Meningie, Penola, TAS—Marrawah.

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic, fungivore, temperate, terrestrial, under bark, volant.

General References

Heiss, E. 1982. On Isodermus planus Erichson, 1842, and a new species from Tasmania (Heteroptera, Aradidae). Entomofauna 2: 247-262 [256] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Isodermus vacillans as possible valid species and nov. comb. as Prosympiestus vacillans)

Kormilev, N.A. 1965. Notes on Aradidae in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 2 18: 1-8 [1] (distribution, diagnosis)

Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [94] (catalogue)

History of changes