IRMNG - Scutellista Motschoulsky, 1860

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Scutellista Motschoulsky, 1860

IRMNG_ID

1222046 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1222046)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Eunotidae Ashmead, 1904

Synonymised names

Aspidocoris Costa, 1863 · unaccepted

Enargopelta Schulz, 1906 · unaccepted

Enargopelte Förster, 1878 · unaccepted

Euargopelte Ashmead, 1904 · unaccepted

Eugastropelte Masi, 1931 · unaccepted

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Species Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832)
Species Scutellista cyanea Motschulsky, 1859 accepted as Scutellista caerulea (Fonscolombe, 1832)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Motschulsky, V. de. (1860). Éudes entomologiques. Huitième année. Société de Litérature Finnoise, Helsingfors. 187 pp. [1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51901627
page(s): 172 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Motschulsky, 1859.

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Motschulsky, 1859. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Scutellista Motschoulsky, 1860. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1222046 on 2026-08-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-08-26 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2025-09-24 06:55:07Z

changed

Edkins, Keith

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Sources (12)
Notes (1)

original description Motschulsky, V. de. (1860). Éudes entomologiques. Huitième année. Société de Litérature Finnoise, Helsingfors. 187 pp. [1859]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51901627
page(s): 172 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Burks, R.; Mitroiu, M.-D.; Fusu, L.; Heraty, J. M.; Janšta, P.; Heydon, S.; Papilloud, N. D.-S.; Peters, R. S.; Tselikh, E. V.; Woolley, J. B.; Van Noort, S.; Baur, H.; Cruaud, A.; Darling, C.; Haas, M.; Hanson, P.; Krogmann, L.; Rasplus, J.-Y. (2022). From hell's heart I stab at thee! A determined approach towards a monophyletic Pteromalidae and reclassification of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). <em>Journal of Hymenoptera Research.</em> 94: 13-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.94.94263 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

extant flag source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Aspidocoris Costa, 1863) Ann. Accad. Aspir. Nat. Napoli, (3) 2, Bull.
page(s): 25 [details]

original description (of Eugastropelte Masi, 1931) Eos, 7
page(s): 452 [details]

original description (of Euargopelte Ashmead, 1904) Mem. Carnegie Mus., 1, 223
page(s): 326 [details]

original description (of Enargopelta Schulz, 1906) Schulz, W. A. (1906). Spolia Hymenopterologica. Albert Pape, Paderborn. 356 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39421725
page(s): 143 [details]

original description (of Enargopelte Förster, 1878) Verh. Naturh. Ver. Rheinl. u. Westf., 35
page(s): 62 [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as Motschulsky, 1859. [details]