On the synonymy of Dymantis Stål, 1861 and Eomyrochea Linnavuori, 1982 and resulting nomenclatural changes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Author
Kment, Petr
Author
Rider, David A.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4058
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journal article
39255
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.9
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Neodymantis relata
(
Distant, 1898
)
,
comb. nov.
Dymantis plana
(misidentification):
Gerstaecker (1873)
: 397
(catalogue, record:
Tanzania
). Note. The specimen examined by Gerstaecker had body length 11.5 mm and differed from West African representatives of
D. plana
only by somewhat paler coloration.
Dymantis relata
Distant, 1898
: 298
–299 (original description, compared to
D. subvittata
).
Syntypes
:
3 specimens
(number specified by
Distant 1914
: 331
),
South Africa
: Transvaal, Lydenburg District (coll. Pretoria Mus. [= TMSA] and coll. Distant, BMNH).
Dymantis relata
:
Bergroth (1908)
: 157
(catalogue);
Kirkaldy (1909)
: 182
(catalogue, distribution);
Schouteden (1910)
: 95
(record);
Schouteden (1912b)
: 106
(record);
Jeannel (1913)
: 35
(record, ecology);
Schouteden (1913a)
: 194
(record);
Distant (1914)
: 331
(synonymy, records, distribution);
Villiers (1967)
: 1790
(record, distribution);
Linnavuori (1982)
: 68
– 70 (redescription, key to species, figures, record);
Robertson (2009)
: 276
(catalogue, distribution).
Dymantis velata
(incorrect subsequent spelling):
Leston (1952)
: 902
(record).
Dymantis confusa
Bergroth, 1914
: 448
–450 (original description, comparison with
D. plana
).
Syntypes
: 2 ♂♂,
Malawi
: ‘between Fort Mangoche and Chikala Boma’, about
4000 ft
[=
1219 m
a.s.l.] (BMNH). Synonymized by
Distant (1914: 331)
.
Dymantis confusa
:
Distant (1914)
: 331
(synonymy);
Linnavuori (1982)
: 68
(listed as valid species unknown to the author, diagnostic characters repeated).
Distribution.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
(
Schouteden 1913a
),
Malawi
(
Bergroth 1914
, as
D. confusa
;
Distant 1914
),
Republic of the Congo
(
Villiers 1967
),
South Africa
(
Distant 1898
,
1914
;
Schouteden 1912b
;
Leston 1952
, as ‘British Caffraria’),
Tanzania
(
Schouteden 1910
,
Jeannel 1913
,
Linnavuori 1982
),
Zimbabwe
(
Distant 1914
,
Leston 1952
).