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Genus Proreus Burr, 1907

Proreus Burr, M. 1907. A preliminary revision of the Forficulidae (sensu stricto) and of the Chelisochidae, families of the Dermaptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 91-143 [129].
Type species:
Forficula simulans Stål, 1860 by original designation.
Erotesis Burr, M. 1910. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Dermaptera. London : Taylor & Francis xviii 217 pp. 10 pls. [114].
Type species:
Spongiphora sphinx Burr, 1900 by original designation (= Forficula simulans Stål, 1860).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Burr, M. 1911. Dermaptera. In Wystman, P. (ed.). Gen. Insect. 122: 1–112. [64]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Distribution References

Steinmann, H. 1989. World Catalogue of Dermaptera. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 934 pp. [632-643]

General References

Bey-Bienko, G.J. 1936. Insectes Dermaptères. Faune de l'U.R.S.S NS 5: 1-239 [in Russian] [117] (description)

Brindle, A. 1972. Insects of Micronesia: Dermaptera. Insects of Micronesia 5: 97-171 [163] (description)

Srivastava, G.K. 1976. Catalogue on Oriental Dermaptera. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 2: 1-94 [49] (catalogue)

Steinmann, H. 1975. Suprageneric classification of Dermaptera. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae 21: 195-220 [214] (list)

Steinmann, H. 1983. A study of the higher taxa of Chelisochidae (Dermaptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 75: 139-144 [142] (key)

Steinmann, H. 1987. A new reclassification of the family Chelisochidae (Dermaptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 79: 113-118 [115] (key)

Steinmann, H. 1993. Dermaptera. Eudermaptera II. Das Tierreich 108: xxii 1-711 [99] (description)

Townes, H.K. 1945. A list of the generic and subgeneric names of Dermaptera, with their genotypes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 38: 343-356 [354] (list)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)