Euthenes Laporte, 1833



Comments : Euthenes seems to me as one of the two most difficult genera of Tessaratomidae. A lot of species have been described, often with very short discussion, if at all, and it appears that there is great intraspecific variation. Yang has documented this variation for chinese Eusthenes in his paper about chinese Tessaratomidae ( Yang We-I 1935)
No complete key of the genus exist, and even the partial ones are delusive. So the names given to the species of Eusthenes on this site should not be taken for granted, they are just temptative.

list of species :
Eusthenes brinae Yang, 1935

Distribution: Laos, Malay Penninsula, Vietnam.

Eusthenes cupreus (Westwood, 1837)

Distribution: Bhutan, Myanmar, China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India (Assam, Sikkim), Laos, Malay Penninsula, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand.

Eusthenes femoralis Zia, 1957

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Zhejiang).

Eusthenes hercules Stål, 1870

Distribution: India (Assam), (Indonesia) Java.

Eusthenes humeralis Distant, 1921

Distribution: Vietnam.

Eusthenes jason Stål, 1870

Distribution: N. India, Java (Indonesia).

Eusthenes paris Breddin, 1899

Distribution: Lombok I. (Lesser Sunda Is.) (Indonesia).

Eusthenes polyphemus Stål, 1863

Distribution: India (Assam, Hindustan, Sikkim), Myanmar,Vietnam.

Eusthenes robustus (Lepeletier & Serville, 1828) type species

Distribution: Bhutan, Borneo, Suwalesi (Celebes), China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan I., Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan) E.  Indies, India (Assam, Bengal, Sikkim), Indo-China, Java, Malay Penninsula, Macao, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam.

Eusthenes rubefactus Distant, 1901

Distribution: India (Assam), Indo-China, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam.

Eusthenes saevus Stål, 1863

Distribution: Bhutan, Borneo, China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yangtze, Yunnan, Zhejiang) India (Assam, Sikkim), Indo-China, Malay Penninsula.

Eusthenes scutellaris (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)

Distribution: India (Assam, Hindustan), Indo-China, Java, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sumatra.

Eusthenes theseus Stål, 1870

Distribution: China (Fujain, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang) India (Sikkim, W. Bengal), Indo-China, Laos, Nepal, Taiwan, Vietnam.

Eusthenes thoracicus Distant, 1900

Distribution: India (Assam).

Eusthenes ulixes Breddin, 1899

Distribution: Borneo, Java, Sumatra (Indonesia).

Eusthenes variegatus Yang, 1934

Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), India (Assam), Indo-China, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam.

Eusthenes viridis Blöte, 1945

Distribution: Vietnam.

references:
Laporte F. L. 1833
Amyot C. J. B. & Serville M. J. G. 1843


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