Genus Paropsis Olivier, 1807

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• Clorindina Jolivet, P. 1957. Recherches sur l'aile des Chyrsomeloidea I. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 2(51): 3-180 [170] [nom. nov. for Procris Weise, 1901: 165; junior homonym of Clorinda Khodalerich, 1930: 11 (Brachiopoda)].
• Clorindiella Jolivet, P. 1971. Rectifications de nomenclature chez les Chrysomelidae (Col.): le genre Procris. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 107: 382 [382] [nom. nov. for Clorindina Jolivet, 1957: 170].
• Procris Weise, J. 1901. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss von the genus Paropsis Oliv. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 67: 164-174 [165] [junior homonym of Procris Fabricius, 1807: 289 (Lepidoptera)].

  Type species:

   Paropsis pictipennis Boheman, 1859 by original designation.
• Procrisina Aslam, N.A. 1968. Nomenclatorial notes on Chrysomeloidea (Coleoptera). Journal of Natural History 2: 127-129 [129] [nom. nov. for Procris Weise, 1901: 165].
• Paropsis Olivier, A.G. 1807. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris : Desray Vol. 5 612 pp. [596].

  Type species:

   Paropsis obsoleta Olivier, 1807 by subsequent designation, see Selman, B.J. 1963. A reappraisal of the genus Paropsis Ol. (Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera), with particular reference to the species introduced into New Zealand. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 6: 43-47.
• Notoclea Marsham, T. 1808. Description of Notoclea, a new genus of coleopterous insect from New Holland. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 9: 283-295 [283].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Latreille, P.A. 1825. Familles Naturelles du Règne Animal, exposées succinctement et dans un ordre analytique, avec l'indication de leurs genres. Paris : J.-B. Baillière 570 pp. [10] (Paropsis Olivier, 1807: 596 senior synonym Notoclea Marsham, 1808: 283)
• Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [81] (Procrisina Aslam, 1968: 129 junior synonym Paropsis Olivier, 1807: 596)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL), Stony Plains (STP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

General References

Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [81] (diagnostic description, notes)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
23-Mar-2012		23-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED