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Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835
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Nomenclature (77)
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835: 19.
Holotype; male; NHMUK(SF IMPORT DUPLICATE) 845239; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mexico
- Prisomera phyllopus Gray, 1835: 16.
Holotype; female; 690c482e-9b6c-4ea9-bb29-e780a9fcf2c9; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Chile: Valparaiso
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- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838: 566.
Lectotype; male; 761e6919-abda-46c0-8f1d-eba1bc00cdd5; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, German (ZMHUB); Chile
- Bacteria foliacea Blanchard, 1851: 26.
Holotype; male; cae173d8-86aa-4ff3-bfb3-cd66274cf657; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Chile: Chile [no further details]
- Bacteria phyllopoda Westwood, 1859: 180.
Syntype; d0a29423-f36f-4374-9ce3-eb2d499e519c; Chile
- Bacteria foliacea Blanchard, 1851 in Westwood, 1859: 26.
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 (subjective synonym of Prisomera phyllopus Gray, 1835) in Westwood, 1859: 26, 179.
- Bacteria mexicana (Gray, 1835) in Westwood, 1859: 25.
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868: 66.
Holotype; female; 0c8f84f8-5d95-4821-a0cd-dd2abf58bf4f; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Nova Holl. = “Australia (Chili ?)”. [species from S America]
- Bacteria mexicana (Gray, 1835) in Saussure, 1868: 357. Phylogeny or classification
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 in Saussure, 1869: 306, pl. 2:8-8a, 9-9a.
- Bacteria mexicana (Gray, 1835) in Saussure, 1872: 152, pl. 3:10, 11-11a.
- Donusa prolixa Stål, 1875: 18.
Syntypes (n= 2); female; NMW 117/15; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Chile. Syntype; male; fd06cf01-4c21-4bed-89a0-6a43e6d0e90d; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Chile: Valparaiso. Syntype; female; 3fe6de0d-6562-44e1-a229-8ddc11754e94; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Chile: Valparaiso
- Donusa prolixa Stål, 1875: 94.
- Donusa coulonianae (Saussure, 1868) in Stål, 1875: 94.
- Bacunculus mexicana (Gray, 1835) in Stål, 1875: 77.
- Bacunculus spatulatus (Burmeister, 1838) in Bolívar, 1884: 27.
- Bactridium couloniamum [sic] (Saussure, 1868) in Rainbow, 1897: 38.
- Bactridium couloniamum [sic] (Saussure, 1868) (misspelling of Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868) in Rainbow, 1897: 38. Phylogeny or classification
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 in Tepper, 1903: 280. Specimen or distribution
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Kirby, 1904: 348.
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 in Kirby, 1904: 352.
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 (subjective synonym of Prisomera phyllopus Gray, 1835) in Kirby, 1904: 349. Phylogeny or classification
- Bacunculus phyllopus (Gray, 1835) in Kirby, 1904: 349. Phylogeny or classification
- Bacunculus foliacea (Blanchard, 1851) in Kirby, 1904: 349.
- Bacunculus prolixa (Stål, 1875) in Kirby, 1904: 409.
- Donusa glabriuscula Redtenbacher, 1906: 99.
Holotype; female; NMW 145; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Chile
- Donusa prolixa Stål, 1875 in Redtenbacher, 1906: 99, pl. 4:11.
- Bacteria foliacea Blanchard, 1851 (subjective synonym of Bacteria phyllopoda Westwood, 1859) in Redtenbacher, 1906: 99. Phylogeny or classification
- Donusa phyllopoda (Westwood, 1859) in Redtenbacher, 1906: 99.
- Bacunculus mexicanus (Gray, 1835) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907: 333.
- Bostra foliacea (Blanchard, 1851) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 412.
- Bacteria mexicana (Gray, 1835) in Redtenbacher, 1908: 423.
- Donusa prolixa Stål, 1875 in Shelford, 1909: 369.
- Bacunculus mexicanus (Gray, 1835) in Shelford, 1909: 351.
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 in Montealegre, 1929: 49, figs. Life history
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Hebard, 1932: 216.
- Donusa prolixa Stål, 1875 in Sjöstedt, 1933: 2.
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 in Bradley & Galil, 1977: 201.
- Bacunculus foliaceum (Blanchard, 1851) in Bedford, 1978: 140. Life history
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Zompro, 1998: 44. Phylogeny or classification
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 (synonym of Bacunculus spatulata Blanchard, 1851) in Zompro, 1998: 77. Phylogeny or classification
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 (synonym of Bacunculus spatulata Blanchard, 1851) in Zompro, 1998: 77. Phylogeny or classification
- Donusa glabriuscula Redtenbacher, 1906 (synonym of Bacunculus spatulata Blanchard, 1851) in Zompro, 1998: 77. Phylogeny or classification
- Donusa prolixa Stål, 1875 (synonym of Bacunculus spatulata Blanchard, 1851) in Zompro, 1998: 77. Phylogeny or classification
- Bacunculus glabriuscula (Redtenbacher, 1906) in Brock, 1998: 31.
- Bacunculus phyllopus (Gray, 1835) in Sellick, 1998: 5. Phylogeny or classification
- Bacunculus phyllopus (Gray, 1835) in Sellick, 1998: 209. Phylogeny or classification
- Bacteria foliacea Blanchard, 1851 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2001: 223.
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2001: 224.
- Donusa glabriuscula Redtenbacher, 1906 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2001: 223.
- Prisomera phyllopus Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2001: 224.
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Camousseight, 2003: 7.
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro & Brock, 2003: 9.
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Zompro, 2004: 190. Phylogeny or classification
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Ramon-Rebolledo, Vivian-Medel & Ruben-Palma, 2004: 55.
- Bacteria foliacea Blanchard, 1851 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2004: 190.
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2004: 190. Phylogeny or classification
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2004: 190. Phylogeny or classification
- Donusa glabriuscula Redtenbacher, 1906 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2004: 190. Phylogeny or classification
- Prisomera phyllopus Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2004: 190. Phylogeny or classification
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Otte & Brock, 2005: 158.
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Zompro, 2005: 281.
- Bacteria foliacea Blanchard, 1851 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 159.
- Bacteria phyllopoda Westwood, 1859 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 159.
- Bacteria spatulata Burmeister, 1838 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 159.
- Bactridium coulonianum Saussure, 1868 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 159.
- Donusa glabriuscula Redtenbacher, 1906 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 159.
- Donusa prolixa Stål, 1875 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 159.
- Prisomera phyllopus Gray, 1835 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Otte & Brock, 2005: 159.
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Zompro, 2009: 8. Image or description
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Vera, Pastenes, Veloso & Méndez, 2012: 66. Phylogeny or classification
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Brock, Marshall, Beccaloni & Harman, 2016: 183. Phylogeny or classification; Specimen or distribution
- Bacteria foliacea Blanchard, 1851 (subjective synonym of Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835) in Delfosse, Cliquennois, Depraetere & Robillard, 2019: 202. Specimen or distribution
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Crispino, Chiquetto-Machado, Engelking & Cancello, 2020: 533.
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Brock & Büscher, 2022: 517. Specimen or distribution
- Heteronemia mexicana Gray, 1835 in Vera & de la Fuente, 2025: 128. Specimen or distribution
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Descendants and synonyms
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