Genus Orthocis Casey, 1898

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• Orthocis Casey, T.L. 1898. Studies in the Ptinidae, Cioidae and Sphindidae of America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society VI(2): 61-93 [Date published June 1898] [84].

  Type species:

   Orthocis aterrima Casey, 1898 by subsequent designation, see Lawrence, J. F. 1965. Comments on some recent changes in the classification of the Ciidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 133: 273-293 [288].
• Mellieicis Lohse, G.A. 1964. Die in Mitteleuropa vertretenen Gattungen der Cisidae (1. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der mitteleuropäischen Cisidae). Entomologische Blätter 60: 116-122 [122] (as subgenus of Cis).

  Type species:

   Cis alni Gyllenhal, 1813 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Diagnosis References

Lawrence, J.F. 2019. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): supplement. Zootaxa 4555(4): 451-490 [481] (Revised Key to Australian Species)

General References

Lawrence, J.F. 2016. The Australian Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea): A Preliminary Revision. Zootaxa 4198(1): 1-208 [105]

History of changes