Genus Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860

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• Paropsisterna Motschulsky, V. von 1860. Coléoptères de la Sibérie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour. In, Schrenck, L. von (ed.). Reisen und Forschungen im Amur-Lande in den Jahren 1854-1856. St. Petersburg : L. Schrenk Vol. 2, part 2 77-258 pls vi-xi. [192].

  Type species:

   Notoclea sexpustulata Marsham, 1808 by original designation.
• Niliosoma Motschulsky, V. von 1860. Coléoptères de la Sibérie orientale et en particulier des rives de l'Amour. In, Schrenck, L. von (ed.). Reisen und Forschungen im Amur-Lande in den Jahren 1854-1856. St. Petersburg : L. Schrenk Vol. 2, part 2 77-258 pls vi-xi. [194].

  Type species:

   Paropsis testacea Olivier, 1807 by original designation.
• Chrysophtharta Weise, J. 1901. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss von the genus Paropsis Oliv. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 67: 164-174 [166].

  Type species:

   Paropsis nobilitata Erichson, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Kelly, P.G. & Reid, C.A.M. 1999. Designation of type species for the genera of Australian Paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 57(2): 263-266.
• Sterromela Weise, J. 1915. Ubersicht der Chrysomelini. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1915(4): 434-436 [436].

  Type species:

   Paropsis subcostata Chapuis, 1877 by subsequent designation, see Kelly, P.G. & Reid, C.A.M. 1999. Designation of type species for the genera of Australian Paropsine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 57(2): 263-266.
• Xanthogramma Weise, J. 1923. Chrysomeliden und Coccinelliden aus Queensland. Arkiv för Zoologi 15(12): 1-150 [63].

  Type species:

   Xanthogramma pellucida Pellucida, 1923 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Weise, J. 1916. Chrysomelidae: 12. Chrysomelinae. Schenkling, S. (ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 68. Berlin : Junk. 1-255 pp. [165] (Niliosoma Motschulsky, 1860: 194 synonym Chrysophtharta Weise, 1901: 166 by transfer of type species (testacea))
• Reid, C.A.M. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 [84] (Chrysophtharta Weise, 1901: 165, Sterromela Weise, 1915: 436 and Xanthogramma Weise, 1923: 63 junior synonyms Paropsisterna Motschulsky, 1860: 192)

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), 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) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Finke (FIN), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Nullarbor (NUL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL)

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 [83] (diagnostic description, notes)

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