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species Dicranocephalus insularis (Dallas, 1852)

• Distribution:
  •  Afghanistan, Algeria, Canary Islands, Ecuador (Galápagos Islands), Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauretania, Morocco, Niger, North Sudan, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen.
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (15):
  • Dallas. 1852. List of the specimens of hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum II:482   >> Note: Original description. LT (Scudder, 1957: 156 but see note): female, Ecuador, Galápagos Islands; BMNH London. >> Stenocephalus insularis    urn:lsid:Coreoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:452154
  • Dohrn. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum 29   >> Note: Catalogued, Galapagos Is. >> Stenocephalus insularis
  • Stål. 1870. K. Svens. Vet.-Akad. Hand. 9(1):218   >> Note: Catalogued, Galapagos Is. >> Stenocephalus insularis
  • Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum IV:171   >> Note: Catalogued, Galapagos Is. >> Stenocephalus insularis
  • Lethierry & Severin. 1894. Catalogue général des Hémiptères Tome II:98   >> Note: Catalogued, Galapagos Is. >> Stenocephalus insularis
  • Heidemann. 1901. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3:365   >> Note: Loc. Galápagos Is (Santa Cruz). >> Stenocephalus insularis
  • Barber. 1925. Zoologica 5(21):241 >> Note: Locs Galápagos Is (Isabela, San Salvador). >> Stenocephalus insularis
  • Barber. 1934. Medd. Zool. Mus. Oslo 42:282 >> Note: Locs Galápagos Is (Isabela, Santa Cruz). >> Stenocephalus insularis
  • Sailer. 1952. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash 54:302   >> Note: Note on distribution. >> Dicranocephalus insularis    urn:lsid:Coreoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:452153
  • Scudder, G. G. E. 1957. Proc.R.Ent.Soc.Lond. 32:156 >> Note: Generic placement, LT designated (as ‘the type of insularis, a female’), note on spermatheca. >> Dicranocephalus insularis
  • Lansbury. 1965. Ent. Mon. Mag. 101:62, 64, 71-72 >> Note: In key, in check list, citation, description, notes on LT, rec. Galapagos Is (type loc.). >> Dicranocephalus insularis
  • Lansbury. 1966. Ent. Mon. Mag. 101:155, figs 43a,b >> Note: Figures of paramere. >> Dicranocephalus insularis
  • Linsley & Usinger. 1966. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33(7):133   >> Note: Locs Galápagos Is (Isabela, San Salvador, Santa Cruz). >> Dicranocephalus insularis
  • Froeschner. 1985. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Supplement: No. 407:54 >> Note: Loc. Galápagos Is (Isabela), catalogued Galápagos Is. >> Dicranocephalus insularis
  • Dolling. 2006. In Aukema & Rieger [Ed.]. Catalogue of Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region 5:5 >> Note: Catalogued (=bianchii, mairei, elegantulus, alboscutellatus, pilicornis), Palaearctic (Asia, N Africa), N Afrotropical region, Galapagos Is. >> Dicranocephalus insularis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Western South America, Galápagos, Galápagos Islands
  • Kind of type:  neotype
  • Specimen category:  Female
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

• synonym alboscutellatus (Villiers, 1956)
• synonym bianchii (Jakovlev, 1901)
• synonym elegantulus (Villiers, 1950)
• synonym mairei Bergevin, 1930

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