Poecilotoma
Dallas, 1851: 151, 175.
Allportia
Schouteden, 1906 (syn. by Horváth, 1909 - see comment below)
Type Species:
Poecilotoma: Atelocerus grandicornis
Erichson, 1842, by subsequent designation (Kirkaldy, 1909).
Allportia: Platycoris scutellatus
Van Duzee, 1905 (=
Atelocerus grandicornis
Erichson, 1842), by monotypy.
Included Species:
callosa Gross
grandicornis (Erichson) [image]
perconfusa Gross
scutellata (Van Duzee)
Tribal
Placement: Gross (1975) included this genus in its own Poecilotoma
group. Others have placed it near the Halyini.
Comments:
Horváth (1909) effectively synonymized Allportia with Poecilotoma
when he placed Platycoris scutellatus Van Duzee, 1905, the type
species of Allportia, as a junior synonym of Poecilotoma
grandicornis (Erichson, 1842), the type species of Poecilotoma.
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