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 2 278 286 journal article 39255 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.9 b09ef8e9-b18a-4306-a613-55bc345d96d8 1175-5326 235206 6D77B01B-45C2-47E9-8A14-BA51CEDA5370 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 ).