Genus Opistostenus Reuter, 1882

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opistostenus Reuter, O.M. 1882. Ad cognitionem Heteropterorum Africae occidentalis. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 25: 1-43 [16] [not a junior homonym of Opisthostenus Foerster, 1868 (Hymenoptera)].

  Type species:

   Opistostenus ochreipennis Reuter, 1882 by monotypy.
• Opistholeptus Bergroth, E. 1894. Rhynchota Aethiopica II. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 38: 535-547 [547] [unnecssary nom. nov. for Opistostenus Reuter, 1882].
• Paraphlegyas Hesse, A.J. 1925. A list of the Heteropterous and Homopterous Hemiptera of Southwest Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 23: 1-178 [72].

  Type species:

   Paraphlegyas elegans Hesse, 1925 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Slater, J.A. 1955. A revision of the subfamily Pachygronthinae of the World (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Philippine Journal of Science 84: 1-160 4 pls [112]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Distant, W.L. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(1) x 242 pp. [39-40] (misidentification of Phlegyas Stål)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [179] (catalogue)

Slater, J.A. 1955. A revision of the subfamily Pachygronthinae of the World (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Philippine Journal of Science 84: 1-160 4 pls [112-115] (description, synonymy)

Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [82] (catalogue)

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