Genus Uracanthus Hope, 1833

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• Uracantha Hope, F.W. 1833. On the characters of several new genera and species of coleopterous insects. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833(1): 61–64 [63].

  Type species:

   Uracanthus triangularis hope, 1833 by monotypy.
• Uracanthus Hope, F.W. 1834. Characters and descriptions of several new genera and species of coleopterous insects. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 1(2): 91-112, pls xiii-xvi [Date published 23-25 April 1834] [108] (incorrect subsequent spelling first used by Hope (1834: 108) but then in prevailing usage and therefore deemed available (Bouchard et al. 2011)) [subsequent misspelling].

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mallee (MAL), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas: Tasmanian West (TWE) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Burt Plain (BRT), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), South East Corner (SEC), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Riverina (RIV) ; NSW, NT, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, Qld: New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Hampton (HAM), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Gibson Desert (GD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP) ; NSW, SA, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Nullarbor (NUL) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR) ; Qld: Gulf Plains (GUP) ; Qld, WA: Gascoyne (GAS), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; Tas: Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS)

General References

Ślipiński, A. & Escalona, H. 2016. Australian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Volume 2, Subfamily Cerambycinae. Melbourne, Australia : CSIRO Publishing 640 pp.

Thongphak, D. & Wang, Q. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope 1833 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Uracanthini) from Australia. Zootaxa 1569: 1-139

Thongphak, D. & Wang, Q. 2008. Phylogeny and distribution of the Australian longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Zootaxa 1958: 1–16

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