Genus Isopteron Hope, 1840
Type species:
Isopteron australe Hope, 1840 by monotypy.- Cestrinus 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 [172].
Type species:
Cestrinus trivialis Erichson, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Blair, K.G. 1919. Notes on the Australian genus Cestrinus Er. (Fam. Tenebrionidae) and some allied genera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 529-532 [529]. - Asida Hope, F.W. 1843. Continuation of a memoir containing descriptions of new species of Coleoptera from Port Essington, in New Holland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 357-361 [this work is often cited as appearing in 1842 in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, pages 76-80, but these Proceedings, which reprinted the above paper, were actually not published until 1845 (I. Lansbury, pers. comm. 1987)] [358] [junior homonym].
Type species:
Asida serricollis Hope, 1843 by monotypy. - Apatelus Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1859. Essai d'une division des dernières mélasomes. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Lyon 9: 63-155 [153].
Type species:
Apatelus hopei Mulsant & Rey, 1859 by monotypy. - Prionotus Mulsant, E. & Rey, C. 1859. Essai d'une division des dernières mélasomes. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de Lyon 9: 63-155 [150] [replacement name for Asida Hope, but preoccupied].
- Achora Pascoe, F.P. 1869. Descriptions of new genera and species of Tenebrionidae from Australia and Tasmania. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 3: 29-45, 132-153, 277-296, 344-351 [279] [replacement name for Asida Hope].
- Priothorax Gebien, H. 1910. Tenebrionidae, Trictenotomidae. In, Schenkling, S. (ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 18 Berlin : W. Junk. [318] [unnecessary replacement name for Priothorax Mulsant & Rey].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carter, H.J. 1926. A check list of the Australian Tenebrionidae. The Australian Zoologist 4(3): 117–163 pls xvi-xvii [22 Feb. 1926] [123] (Apatelus Mulsant & Rey)
- Doyen, J.T., Matthews, E.G. & Lawrence, J.F. 1990. Classification and annotated checklist of the Australian genera of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(1989): 229-260 [231] (Cestrinus Erichson)
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |