Subgenus Ophionea (Ophionea) Klug, 1821

Museums

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• Ophionea Klug, J.C.F. 1821. Entomologiae Brasilianae specimen. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 10: 277-324 [298].

  Type species:

   Cicindela cyanocephala Fabricius, 1798 by subsequent designation, see Hope, F.W. 1838. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing the predaceous and water beetles of Linneus and Fabricius. London : Henry G. Bohn Vol. 2 xvi 168 pp. 4 pls. [104] (= Attelabus indicus Thunberg, 1784).
• Ophionaea Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Zoologischer Atlas, enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kreigsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823–1826. Berlin : Reimer Zweites Heft 13 pp. pls 6-10. [5] [incorrect subsequent spelling of genus name].

  Type species:

   Cicindela cyanocephala Fabricius, 1798 by subsequent designation, see Hope, F.W. 1838. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing the predaceous and water beetles of Linneus and Fabricius. London : Henry G. Bohn Vol. 2 xvi 168 pp. 4 pls. [104] (= Attelabus indicus Thunberg, 1784).
• Casnoidea Castelnau, F.L. Laporte de 1834. Études Entomologiques, ou Description d'Insectes Nouveaux et Observations sur leur Synonomie. Paris : Méquinon-Marvis 1-94 pp., pl 1-2. [40] [junior objective synonym of Ophionea Klug, 1821].

  Type species:

   Cicindela cyanocephala Fabricius, 1798 by original designation (= Attelabus indicus Thunberg, 1784).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lacordaire, J.T. 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères Tom. 1 Contenant les familles des Cicindélètes, Carabiques, Dytiscides, Gyrinides et Palpicornes. Paris : Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret xx 486 pp. [73]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

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