Taxonomy Profile: Ptilocnemus (Westwood 1840)

Ptilocnemus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
Minimum taxonomic/nomenclature review
Ptilocnemus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Paraneoptera
Order : Hemiptera
true bugs |
hemipterans |
Suborder : Heteroptera
true bugs |
barbeiro |
maria fedida |
percevejo |
heteropterans |
Infraorder : Cimicomorpha
thaumastocorid bugs |
Superfamily : Reduvoidea
Family : Reduviidae
assassin bugs |
réduves |
assassin-bugs |
Subfamily : Holoptilinae
Tribe : Holoptilini
Genus : Ptilocnemus
Ptilocnemus Direct Children(s):
Ptilocnemus affinis
(Westwood 1840)
Ptilocnemus borealis
(Malipatil 1985)
Ptilocnemus darwinensis
(Malipatil 1985)
Ptilocnemus distinctus
(Malipatil 1985)
Ptilocnemus femoralis
(Horváth 1902)
Ptilocnemus kakaduensis
(Malipatil 1985)
Ptilocnemus lemur
(Westwood 1840)
Ptilocnemus pallidus
(Miller 1950)
Ptilocnemus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Maldonado Capriles, Jenaro
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1990-06-01 / 1990-06-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera)
Page(s):
x + 694
Publisher:
University of Puerto Rico
Publication Place:
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
A Special Edition of the Caribbean Journal of Science
Reference for:
Ptilocnemus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Kerzhner, I. M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1992-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Nomenclatural and bibliographic corrections to J. Maldonado Capriles (1990) "Systematic catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera)"
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zoosystematica rossica, vol. 1
Page(s):
46-60
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0320-9180
Notes:
Reference for:
Ptilocnemus
Ptilocnemus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ptilocnemus: Comments
Comment:
Kerzhner (1992:50) notes that Ptilocnemus Westwood was established as a replacement name for Ptilocerus Gray, so they are homotypic. He suggests a 'ruling of the Commission is necessary to fix H. lemur as type species of Ptilocnemus and to conserve Ptilocnemis in the generally accepted sense.' This does not appear to be done as of 2018, unfortunately