92 General Catalogue of the Hemiptera 
Birdantis— Desudaboides— Galela 
decens Stal 
1863 B[irdantis) decens Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3) 1 : 581. [n. Aru Island 1 
sp.] 1 :582. [Comparative note.] 
1870 Birdantis decens Walker, Jour. Linnean Soc. Zool. 10: 100. [Catalogued.] 1 
1913 Birdantis decens Kirkaldy, Bull. Hawaiian Sugar PI. Assoc. Div. Ent. 12: 11. [Com- 
parative note.] 
delibuta Stal 
1863 B[irdantis] delibuta Stal, Trans. Ent. Soc. London (3) 1 : 582. [n. Ternate Island 1 
sp.] 1 Amboina (?) 2 
1913 Birdantis delibuta Kirkaldy, Bull. Hawaiian Sugar PI. Assoc. Div. 
Ent. 12: 11. [Notes.] 1 ' 2 
pallescens Distant. See Galela pallescens Distant. 
vitliventris Walker [nomen nudum]. See Birdantis collaris Walker. 
Genus DESUDABOIDES Musgrave 
Orthotype Desudaboides fuscomaculata [n. sp.] 1927 Musgrave, Rec. 
Australian Mus. 16: 47. 
Desudaboides 1927 Musgrave, Rec. Australian Mus. 16: 47. [gen. n.] 
1939 Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus 2: 51. [Listed.] 
fuscomaculata Musgrave 
1927 Desudaboides fuscomaculata Musgrave, Rec. Australian Mus. 16: Queensland 1 
47; PI. IV, Figs. 1-3. [n. sp., illustrated.] 1 
Genus GALELA Distant 
Orthotype G[alela] pallescens 1906 Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 
18: 26. 
Galela 1906 Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18: 26. [gen.*!!.] :28. [Comparative note.] 
1912 Waterhouse, Index Zoologicus No. II. 1912: 112. [Listed.] 
1929 Schulze, Kiikenthal and Heider, Nomenclator Animalium 3 (11): 1334. [Listed.] 
1939 Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus 2: 433. [Listed.] 
abdominalis Distant 
1906 Galela abdominalis Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18: 27. [n. Western 
sp.] 1 Australia 1 
1907 G[alela ] abdominalis Kirkaldy, Bull. Hawaiian Sugar PI. Assoc. 
Div. Ent. 3: 122. [Listed.] 
pallescens Distant 
1892 Birdantis pallescens Distant, Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1892: 276. Batjan 1 
[n. sp.] 1 
1906 G[alela ] pallescens Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18: 27. Equals Birdantis 
[pallescens Dist.] 
1913 Birdantis pallescens Kirkaldy, Bull. Hawaiian Sugar PI. Assoc. Div. Ent. 12: 11. 
[Comparative note.] 
cm 1 
SciELO 
10 11 12 13 14 15 
