Poecilometis Dallas

Poecilometis Dallas, 1851
(updated 19 April 2005)

Poecilometis Dallas, 1851: 151, 170.

Eumecopus Dallas, 1851: 151, 172. (syn. by Gross, 1972)

Poecilometis (Euronotias) Kirkaldy, 1909: 189. (syn. by Gross, 1972)

Type Species: Poecilometis: Halys strigata Westwood, 1837, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909). Eumecopus: Eumecopus nigriventris Dallas, 1851, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909). Euronotias: Poecilometis histricus StDl, 1865, by original designation.

Tribal Placement: This genus has always been considered a member of the tribe Halyini.

Included Species:

    acanthopygius (Stål) [image1, image2]
    alexandrius (Distant)
    alienus Walker
    apicalis abdominalis (Distant)
    apicalis apicalis (Westwood) [image]
    apicalis conspersus Walker
    armatus (Fabricius) [image]
    australasiae (Donovan) [image]
    borealis borealis Distant
    borealis obesus Gross
    calidus Walker
    callosus Gross
    confusus (Distant)
    cooki Gross
    darwini darwini Gross
    darwini plenicolor Gross
    elongatus (Distant)
    eximius Stål
    extraneus Gross
    fasciatus Stål [image]
    fuscescens (Stål) [image1; image2]
    gravis (Fabricius)
    griseicolor Gross

histricus Stål [image1; image2]
horni Bergroth
langloensis Gross
lineatus (Westwood)
longicornis (Dallas)
macromaculatus Gross
mellicolor Gross
mimicus (Distant)
monteithi Gross
nigriventris decoratus Gross
nigriventris nigriventris (Dallas) [image1, image2]
nigriventris superbus (Distant)
pallescens (Distant)
papuensis Gross
parilis Gross
patruelis patruelis Stål [image]
patruelis y-nigrum (Bergroth)
politus Gross
punctiventris (Stål) [image]
spenceri Bergroth
strigatus (Westwood) [image]
vallicola Baehr
vermiculata (Bergroth)

Comments: Gross (1972) synonymized Poecilometis subgenus Euronotias Kirkaldy, 1909, not by name but with the statement that "-- it would be premature to separate off any segregates within Poecilometis (new sense) worthy of subgeneric rank."

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