Genus Scopiastella Slater, 1957

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• Scopiastella Slater, J.A. 1957. Nomenclatorial considerations in the family Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 52: 35-38 [36] [nom. nov. for Xestonostellus Horváth, 1914].
• Xestonotellus Horváth, G. 1914. Miscellanea Hemipterologica. XIII–XVII. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 12: 623-660 [629] [first introduced as a subgenus of Scopiastes Stål, 1874; junior homonym of Xestonotellus Reuter, 1905 (Heteroptera : Miridae)].

  Type species:

   Scopiastes cruentus Horváth, 1914 by subsequent designation, see Slater, J.A. 1957. Nomenclatorial considerations in the family Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 52: 35-38 [36].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Blöte, H.C. 1972. On some Lygaeidae of the genus Astacops and allies. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 47: 410-413 [411] (diagnosis)

Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [371] (diagnosis, as Scopiastes (Scopiastella))

Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [371] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [330] (description, nov. stat. as valid genus)

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