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Lygaeoidea Species File
genus

Opistostenus Reuter, 1882

Type

Opistostenus ochreipennis Reuter, 1882 type species by original monotypy of Opistostenus Reuter, 1882

Nomenclature (12)

  • Opistostenus Reuter, 1882

    type species by original monotypy Opistostenus ochreipennis Reuter, 1882

  • Opistholeptus Bergroth, 1894

    type species by original monotypy Opistostenus ochreipennis Reuter, 1882

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  • Opistostenus Reuter, 1882 in Cassis & Gross, 2002: 267-268.
  • Phlegyas (unavailable or invalid, linked to Opistholeptus Bergroth, 1894)

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Bergroth, E. (1894) Rhynchota Aethiopica II. Ann. Soc. ent. Belgique.
  • Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. (2002) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Vol. 27.3B, pp. xiv 737.
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  • Distant, W.L. (1904) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). London: Taylor & Francis pp., 1–503.
  • Hesse, A.J. (1925) A list of the Heteropterous & Homopterous Hemiptera of Southwest Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 23, 1–178.
  • Lethierry, L.F. & Severin, G. (1894) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique., II.
  • Reuter, O.M. (1882) Ad cognitionem Heteropterorum Africae occidentalis. Ofvers. finska VetenskSoc. Forh.
  • Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. (1995) In A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world. New York Entomological Society, New York. 410 pp.
  • Slater, J.A. (1953) Three new species of Opistholeptus Bergroth from west Africa (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Beitr. Ent., 3, 385–388.
  • Slater, J.A. (1955) A revision of the subfamily Pachygronthinae of the world (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Philippine Journal of Science, 84, 1–160.
  • Slater, J.A. (1964) A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 2 Vols. U. Connecticut. Storrs. 1688 pp. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1034
species110617
subspecies1089