Species Promethis nigra (Blessig, 1861)
- Iphthinus niger Blessig, C. 1861. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Heteromeren von Australia Felix. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 1: 87-115 [91].
Type data:
Syntype(s) (not located), Vic. - Promethis lethalis Pascoe, F.P. 1869. Descriptions of new genera and species of Tenebrionidae from Australia and Tasmania. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 3: 29-45, 132-153, 277-296, 344-351 [148].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Qld. - Promethis major Carter, H.J. 1914. Revision of the subfamily Tenebrioninae, Family Tenebrionidae. (Australian species: with descriptions of new species of Tenebrioninae and Cyphaleinae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 44–86 [64].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV, Gympie, Qld.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carter, H.J. 1914. Revision of the subfamily Tenebrioninae, Family Tenebrionidae. (Australian species: with descriptions of new species of Tenebrioninae and Cyphaleinae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 44–86 [51] (P. lethalis Pascoe)
- Kaszab, Z. 1988. Katalog und Bestimmungstabelle der Gattung Promethis Pascoe, 1869 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 34(2-3): 67–170 [79] (P. major Carter)
History of changes
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