Genus Oncoscelis Westwood, 1837

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• Oncoscelis Westwood, J.O. 1837. Descriptions of several new species of exotic Hemipterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 18-24 1 pl. [19] [not a junior homonym of Onchoscelis Dejean, 1835; Oncoscelis Agassiz, 1846 is an unjustified emendation of Onchoscelis].

  Type species:

   Oncoscelis australasiae Westwood, 1837 by original designation.
• Rhoecus Bergroth, E. 1891. Contributions à l'étude des Pentatomides. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 10: 200-235 [214] [nom. nov. for Oncoscelis Westwood, 1837; not a junior homonym of Roicus Clark, 1860 (Coleoptera)].
• Rhoecocoris Bergroth, E. 1895. Contributions to a knowledge of the Rhynchota of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 287-302 [291] [unnecessary replacement name for Rhoecus Bergroth, 1891].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Agassiz, J.L.R. 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalum tam viventium quam Fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymis planatum. Index Universalis. II. Soloduri : Jent & Grassman 393 pp. [14] (list; unjustified emendation of Onchoscelis Dejean as Oncoscelis Agassiz)

Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [318, 346] (key)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [345] (catalogue)

Leston, D. 1955. A key to the genera of Oncomerini Stål (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae, Tessaratominae), with the description of a new genus and species from Australia and new synonymy. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London B 24: 62-68 [64] (key)

Leston, D. & Scudder, G.G.E. 1957. The taxonomy of the bronze orange-bug and related Australian Oncomerinae (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 10: 439-448 [439, 443] (key)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [223] (catalogue)

Rolston, L.H., Aalbu, R.L., Murray, M.J. & Rider, D.A. 1993. A catalog of the Tessaratomidae of the world. Papua New Guinea Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 36: 36-108 [55] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Rhoecus Bergroth, 1891 as valid name)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [324] (description)

Sinclair, D.P. 2000. A generic revision of the Oncomerinae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Tessaratomidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46: 307-329 [324] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Rhoecus Bergroth, 1891 as valid name)

Stål, C. 1865. Hemiptera Africana. Holmiae : Norstedtiana Vol. 1 iv 256 pp. [223] (key)

Stål, C. 1870. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 1. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 9(1): 1-232 [60] (list)

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