Genus Oncylocotis Stål, 1855
- Oncylocotis Stål, C. 1855. Nya Hemiptera fran Cafferlandet. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 12: 27-46, 89-100 [44].
Type species:
Oncylocotis nasutus Stål, 1855 by monotypy. - Dicephalus Kirby, W.F. 1891. Catalogue of the described Hemiptera Heteroptera and Homoptera of Ceylon, based on the collection formed (chiefly at Pundaloya) by Mr. E. Ernest Green. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 24: 72-176 pls IV-VI [115].
Type species:
Dicephalus telescopicus Kirby, 1894 by monotypy. - Sphigmocephalus Enderlein, G. 1904. Phthirocoris, eine neue zu den Henicocephaliden gehörige Rhynchotengattung von den Crozet-Inseln und Sphigmocephalus nov. gen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 1904: 783-788 [785].
Type species:
Henicocephalus curculio Karsch, 1893 by original designation. - Didymocephalus Jeannel, R. 1942. Les Hénicocéphalides. Monographie d'un groupe d'Hémiptères hématophages. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 110: 273-368 [335].
Type species:
Enicocephalus basalis Westwood, 1838 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Usinger, R.L. 1945. Classification of the Enicocephalidae (Hemiptera, Reduvioidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 38: 321-342 [333] (synonymy of Dicephalus and Sphigmocephalus)
- Štys, P. 1968. Notes on the classification and nomenclature of Ethiopian Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 104: 280-284 [280] (synonymy of Didymocephalus)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Palaearctic, Afrotropical (including Madagascar, Mauritius) and Oriental regions.
IBRA
NSW, Tas: Sydney Basin (SB) ; Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Distribution References
- Usinger, R.L. 1945. Classification of the Enicocephalidae (Hemiptera, Reduvioidea). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 38: 321-342 [332]
- Wygodzinsky, P.W. & Schmidt, K. 1991. Revision of the New World Enicocephalomorpha (Heteroptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 200: 1-265 [164] (Neotropical species transferred to
Neoncylocotis Wygodzinsky & Schmidt, 1991)
General References
Jeannel, R. 1942. Les Hénicocéphalides. Monographie d'un groupe d'Hémiptères hématophages. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 110: 273-368 [333, 354] (description)
Kumar, R. 1964. On some internal organs in Enicocephalidae, Leptopodidae and Ochteridae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 75: 39-44 [39] (internal anatomy)
Štys, P. 1968. Notes on the classification and nomenclature of Ethiopian Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 104: 280-284 [280] (Afrotropical Region)
Štys, P. 1970. A review of the Palaearctic Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 67: 223-240 [227] (Palaearctic Region)
Štys, P. 1978. An annotated list of genera of Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 39: 241-252 [247] (list)
Štys, P. 1986. A new genus and species of Enicocephalidae from Saudi Arabia (Heteroptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France ns 22: 255-264 [255] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement
Usinger, R.L. & Wygodzinsky, P. 1960. Insects of Micronesia. Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae. Insects of Micronesia 7: 219-230 [224] (taxonomy)
Wygodzinsky, P.W. & Schmidt, K. 1991. Revision of the New World Enicocephalomorpha (Heteroptera). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 200: 1-265 [11, 29, 166] (anatomy, key)
History of changes
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