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Genus Spermatodes Bergroth, 1914

  • Spermatodes Bergroth, E. 1914. Notes on some genera of Heteroptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 58: 23-28 [24] [nom. nov. for Caenina Walker, 1867].
  • Caenina Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240 [82] [junior homonym of Caenina Felder, 1861 (Lepidoptera)].
    Type species:
     Caenina variolosa Walker, 1867 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

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

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal

Oriental Region

  • Burma (= Myanmar)

Distribution References

  • Bergroth, E. 1914. Notes on some genera of Heteroptera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 58: 23-28 [24]

General References

Gross, G.F. 1976. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 2 251-501 pp. [421] (Eysarocoris genus-group)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [81] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as junior synonym of Sepontia Stål,1865)