Genus Pterohelaeus Brême, 1842
- Pterohelaeus Brême, F. de 1842. Essai Monographique et Iconographique de la Tribu des Cossyphides. Paris : Lacheze. [27] [as subgenus of Helaeus].
Type species:
Pterohelaeus walkeri Brême, 1842 by subsequent designation, see Gebien, H. 1942. [1938-1942] Katalog der Tenebrioniden. Teil II. Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 28(1938), 370-465; 29(1939), 466-529; 30(1940), 530-625; 31(1941), 626-705; 32(1942), 706-744. [602]; Matthews, E.G. 2003. Selection of types of Australian Heleini from the collection of F. di Breme (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali. Torino 20: 119-134 [123] (designated again unnecessarily). - Barytipha 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 [292].
Type species:
Barytipha socialis Pascoe, 1869 by monotypy. - Pterelaeus Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1870. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque Descriptorum Synonymicus et Systematicus. Tom VII. Tenebrionidae, Nilionidae, Pythidae, Melandryidae, Lagriidae, Pedilidae, Anthicidae, Pyrochroidae, Mordellidae, Rhipidophoridae, Cantharidae, Oedemeridae. Monachi [Munich] : E.H. Gummi pp. 1801–2179 + [11]. [1968] [unjustified emendation].
- Pezohelaeus Gebien, H. 1920. Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae. Nova Guinea 13: 213-500 [282 nota].
Type species:
Pterohelaeus hirtus Macleay, 1888 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carter, H.J. 1927. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. No. v. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52(2): 222-234 [230] (Pezohelaeus Gebien)
- Matthews, E.G. 1993. Classification, relationships and distribution of the genera of Heleini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 7: 1025-1095 [1041] (Barytipha Pascoe, Pterelaeus Gemminger & Harold)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW: Sydney Basin (SB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; WA: Coolgardie (COO)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |