Synonyms

• Stethorus incompletus Chazeau, 1979: 300 [attributed in error to Whitehead, 1967, but this is a nomen nudum, as bibliographic reference must be to a published work]
  • Authority for current placement: Houston, 1990: 275 ('New synonymy')

selected references

• Chazeau, J. 1979: Mise au point sur le genre Stethorus en Océanie et description de deux espèces nouvelles de Mélanésie (Col., Coccinellidae). Entomophaga, 24(3): 295–303. DOI: 10.1007/BF02374244 [In French, with English summary] Reference page. 

• Chazeau, J.; Étienne, J.; Fürsch, H. 1974: Les Coccinellidae de l'Île de la Réunion (Insecta Coleoptera). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (3), 210(zoology 140): 265–297. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

• Houston, K.J. 1980: A revision of the Australian species of Stethorus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19(2): 81–91. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1980.tb00968.x Reference page. 

• Houston, K.J. 1990: The New Zealand species of Stethorus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 17(2): 271–278. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1990.10422602 Reference page. 

• Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection report, 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X PDF. Reference page. 
• Whitehead, V.B. 1967: The validity of the higher taxonomic categories in the tribe Scymnini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Dissertation abstracts, B 28(4): 1564–1565. [not seen]

Additional references

• Gordon, R.D.; Chapin, E.A. 1983: A revision of the New World species of Stethorus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 109(3): 229–276. JSTOR
• {{Chapter 9 in ISBN 978-1-87725793-3}} [424, listed in error as a New Zealand endemic]

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