Sphaerocoris subnotatus, WALKER 1868: 505

Gerry Cassis & Loren Vanags, 2006, Jewel Bugs of Australia (Insecta, Heteroptera, Scutelleridae), Denisia 19, pp. 275-398 : 389

Incertae Sedis

SpHaerocoris subnotatus WALKER 1868: 505 (n.sp.); DISTANT 1899: 52 (type location); CASSIS & GROSS 2002: 603 (catalogue; incertae sedis)

Remarks: The identity of this species is unknown. MCDONALD & CASSIS (1984) did not refer to it. CASSIS & GROSS (2002) referred to it as incertae sedis, and indicated that the type was in Museum Victoria. Ken Walker (pers. comm.) has indicated that the type does not occur in that collection. The type locality is given in the original description as ‘N Australia’. We also examined the BMNH collection, where most of the Francis Walker types are deposited, and did not find the type specimen. We have not been able to provide any additional clarification as to its identity or whether it is a synonym of an existing species. Consequently, we retain its status as incertae sedis.