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Genus Halictophagus Dale, 1832

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Genus Halictophagus Dale, 1832

  • Halictophagus Dale, J.C. in Curtis, J. 1832. British Entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland; containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London : J. Curtis pp. 9 [433].
    Type species:
     Halictophagus curtisii Dale, 1832 by monotypy.
  • Bruesia Perkins, R.C.L. 1905. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies (Part III Stylopidae). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station 1(3): 90–111 [102] [introduced as a subgenus of Halictophagus; junior homonym of Bruesia Ashmead, 1903 (Hymenoptera)].
    Type species:
     none designated, 1905 by original designation.
  • Megalechthrus Perkins, R.C.L. 1905. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies (Part III Stylopidae). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station 1(3): 90–111 [105].
    Type species:
     Megalechthrus tryoni Perkins, 1905 by monotypy.
  • Pentacladocera Pierce, W.D. 1908. A preliminary review of the classification of the order Strepsiptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 9: 75–85 [80].
    Type species:
     Halictophagus schwarzi Perkins, 1905 by monotypy.
  • Pentoxocera Pierce, W.D. 1908. A preliminary review of the classification of the order Strepsiptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 9: 75–85 [81] [nom. nov. for Bruesia Perkins, 1905].
  • Pentozocera Pierce, W.D. 1911. Notes on insects of the order Strepsiptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40: 487–511 [504] [justified emendation for Pentoxocera Pierce, 1908].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Bohart, R.M. 1941. A revision of the Strepsiptera, with special reference to the species of North America. University of California Publications in Entomology 7: 91–160 [146]

 

Distribution

Britain, North America, (Hawaii?).

Distribution References

  • Kathirithamby, J. 1992. Description and biological notes of Halictophagidae (Strepsiptera) from Australia, with a checklist of the world genera and species. Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 159–196 [146]