Genus Rhynchium Spinola, 1806
- Rhynchium Spinola, M. 1806. Insectorum Liguriae species novae aut rariores, quae in agro ligustico nuper detexit, descripsit et iconibus illustravit. Genoa : Gravier Vol. 1 159+17 pp. [publication date Griffin, F.J. 1939. On the dates of publication of Saussure (H. de): Etudes sur la famille des Vespides 1–3, 1852–1858. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1: 211–212 (pages and plates published)] [84] [Spinola originally spelled the genus as Rygchium; this was ruled to be an incorrect original spelling by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1965. Opinion 747. Rygchium Spinola, 1806 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): validation of emendation to Rhynchium. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22: 186–187 which validated the emendation Rhynchium of Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Billberg. Stockholm : Gadel 138 pp.].
Type species:
Rygchium europaeum Spinola, 1806 by monotypy (= Vespa oculata Fabricius, 1781).Secondary source:
Billberg, G.J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gustave Johann Billberg. Stockholm : Typis Gadelianis 4 unnumbered + 138 pp. [In Latin]; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1965. Opinion 747. Rygchium Spinola, 1806 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): validation of emendation to Rhynchium. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22: 186-187.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Tropics and subtropics of Old World.
IBRA
NT, Qld, Tas, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), 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), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), King (KIN), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Distribution References
History of changes
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