Subgenus Philemon (Philemon) Vieillot, 1816

Museums

Regional Maps

• Philemon Vieillot, L.P. 1816. Analyse d'une nouvelle ornithologie élémentaire. Paris : Déterville 70 pp. [Date published 14 Apr 1816] [47].

  Type species:

   Merops moluccensis Gmelin, 1788 by subsequent designation, see Gray, G.R. 1840. A List of the Genera of Birds, with an indication of the typical species of each genus. London : R. & J.E. Taylor viii 80 pp. [Date published Apr 1840: published before Apr.] [15].
• Neophilemon Mathews, G.M. 1912. New generic names for Australian birds. Austral Avian Records 1: 105-117 [Date published 24 Dec 1912] [117].
• Argentiphilemon Mathews, G.M. 1925. The Birds of Australia. London : Witherby Vol. 12. [96].
• Philedon Agassiz, L. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri [= Solothurn, Switzerland] : Jent & Gassmann viii 393 pp. [published between 1846–1848] [unjustified emendation of Philemon Vieillot, 1816; junior homonym of Philedon Cuvier, 1816 (December) = Philemon Vieillot, 1816 (April)].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal, Torres Strait Islands
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• East Timor
• Indonesia
  • Aru Islands
  • Irian Jaya
  • Sumba
  • West Timor
• Papua New Guinea
  • D'Entrecasteaux Ils

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020		30-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)