Genus Selagis Dejean, 1836

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Genus Selagis Dejean, 1836

Selagis Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1836. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1–4 3, 384 pp. [89].
Type species:
Buprestis caloptera Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy.
Curis Gory, H.L. & Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. 1838. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. genera: Stigmodera, Polycesta, Belionota, Eurybia (genera paged separately). Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2(17-24). [47] [Quatrième Division of Stigmodera].
Type species:
Buprestis caloptera Boisduval, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Bellamy, C.L. 1998. A clarification of authorship of buprestid genera originally defined in the catalogues of P. F. M. A. Dejean (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29(2): 365-382 [376].
Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2008. Opinion 2214. (Case 3366). Cisseis Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1839 and Curis Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Buprestidae): generic names not conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65: 325–326; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2008. Opinion 2214. (Case 3366). Cisseis Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1839 and Curis Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Buprestidae): generic names not conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65: 325–326.
Selagis Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1 96 pp. [79] [nom. nud.].
Secondary source:
Bellamy, C.L. 1998. A clarification of authorship of buprestid genera originally defined in the catalogues of P. F. M. A. Dejean (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29(2): 365-382 [376].
Selagis Mannerheim, C.G. von 1837. Enumération des Buprestides, et description de quelques nouvelles espèces de cette tribu de la famille des Sternoxes, de la collection de M. Le Comte Mannerheim. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 8: 1-126 [68].
Type species:
Selagis spencei Mannerheim, 1837 by monotypy.
Secondary source:
Bellamy, C.L. 1998. A clarification of authorship of buprestid genera originally defined in the catalogues of P. F. M. A. Dejean (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29(2): 365-382 [376].
Neocuropsis Obenberger, J. 1923. Une série de nouveaux genres de Buprestides. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 13-44 [22].
Type species:
Curis splendens Macleay, 1872 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [531]
Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [384]
Bellamy, C.L. 1998. A clarification of authorship of buprestid genera originally defined in the catalogues of P. F. M. A. Dejean (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29(2): 365-382 [376] (Selagis suppressed)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

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)

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

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Wet Tropics (WT) ; SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Kimberley (CK), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Note

This genus needs some attention to consider the taxa described by Obenberger (1956) after Carter's (1928) revision. Despite the prevelant useage of Curis, Selagis Dejean is the older name and there are not sufficient recent publications to allow the reversal of priority to stand as outlined in Article 23.9 (ICZN 1999).