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Genus Trogium Illiger, 1798

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Genus Trogium Illiger, 1798

  • Trogium Illiger, J.C.W. 1798. Kugelann Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens ausgearbeitet von Illiger, mit einer vorrede von Hellwig und dem angehängten Versuch einer natürlichen Ordnung und Gattungsfolge der Insecten. Halle. i–xli 510 pp. [500].
    Type species:
     Termes pulsatorium Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
  • Atropos Leach, W. 1815. The Edinburgh Encylcopaedia. Edinburgh (Psocoptera: Vol. 9 p. 139) [139].
    Type species:
     Termes lignarium Degeer, 1778 by monotypy.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Gurney, A.B. 1939. Nomenclatural notes on Corrodentia, with descriptions of two new species of Archipsocus. Journal of the Academy of Science Washington 29(11): 501-515 15 figs.
  • Troctes Burmeister, H. 1839. Handbuch der Entomologie. Berlin. 1832–1855. (Psocoptera: Bd 2 Abt. 2 Heft 2 pp. 772–782) [774] [junior objective synonym of Trogium Illiger, 1798].
    Type species:
     Termes pulsatorium Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Gurney, A.B. 1939. Nomenclatural notes on Corrodentia, with descriptions of two new species of Archipsocus. Journal of the Academy of Science Washington 29(11): 501-515 15 figs
  • Clothilla Westwood, J.O. 1841. Observations on the structural characters of the Deathwatch, with the description of a new British genus belonging to the family Psocidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 480 [480].
    Type species:
     Clothilla studiosa Westwood, 1841 by monotypy.
    Compiled from secondary source:
     Gurney, A.B. 1939. Nomenclatural notes on Corrodentia, with descriptions of two new species of Archipsocus. Journal of the Academy of Science Washington 29(11): 501-515 15 figs.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Enderlein, G. 1911. Die fossilen Copeognathen und ihre phylogenie. Palaeontographica 57: 279-360 figs A-S pls XXI-XXVII (figs 1-1 [353] (Atropos Leach, 1815, Trogium Illiger, 1798)
  • Gurney, A.B. 1939. Nomenclatural notes on Corrodentia, with descriptions of two new species of Archipsocus. Journal of the Academy of Science Washington 29(11): 501-515 15 figs [509] (discusses and clarifies the complex nomenclatural problems associated with these genera and [509 et seq.] establishes synonymy of Troctes Burmeister, 1939 and Clothilla Westwood, 1841 with Trogium [510, 512])

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Europe, North America, Campbell Is., East Africa.


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, Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Angola
  • Madagascar

Antarctic Region

  • Subantarctic Islands
    • Kerguélen Island
    • Tristan da Cunha

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Tasmania
  • New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

  • Taiwan

Palaearctic Region

  • Azores
  • Egypt
  • Iceland
  • Japan

Distribution References

  • Smithers, C.N. 1972. The classification and phylogeny of the Psocoptera. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 14: 1-349 [45]