In memoriam of Professor Pavel Štys (1933 - 2018): biography, memories, bibliography and list of described taxa Author Kment, Petr Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic; e-mail: sigara @ post. cz Author Baňař, Petr Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, CZ- 627 00, Brno, Czech Republic; e-mail: PetrBanar @ seznam. cz Author Bílý, Svatopluk Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Game Management and Wildfile Biology, Kamýcká 1176, CZ- 165 21 Praha Author Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Adaptation du Vivant, UMR 7179 MECADEV (mécanisme adaptatif et évolution), 57 rue Cuvi- er, CP 50 (Entomologie), F- 75231 Paris, France; e-mail: dps @ mnhn. fr Author Polhemus, Dan A. Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817 USA; e-mail: bugman @ bishopmuseum. org Author Schuh, Randall T. - Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: sv. bily @ buprestidae. cz text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2019 Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae 2019-12-01 59 2 351 379 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/aemnp-2019-0028 journal article 8117 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0028 10606ef4-92b0-4fd4-bb91-56962637ec44 1804-6487 4489136 1EF6B82D-11E2-4A98-8B98-BDD9BDD3131C Family Lygaeidae Gondarius Štys, 1972d:253 . Type species: Gondarius inexpectatus Štys, 1972 . Gender:masculine (original designation).Current status:Valid taxon (see SLATER & OʼDONNELL 1995). Gondarius inexpectatus Štys, 1972d: 257 . Holotype :♂ (brachypterous), Ethiopia : ‘ Addis Ababa [sic!] env., Entoto Hills’ (coll. Štys , KUPC → MMBC). Current status: Valid taxon (see SLATER & OʼDONNELL 1995) (Fig. 10). Karachicoris Štys, 1972d:258 . Type species: Karachicoris seidenstueckeri Štys, 1972 . Gender:masculine (original designation).Current status: Valid taxon (see HAMID & MEHER 1973 , SLATER & OʼDONNELL 1995). Karachicoris seidenstueckeri Štys, 1972d: 262 . Holotype : ♂ (micropterous), Pakistan : ‘Karachi (= ”Kurrachee“)’ (coll. Seidenstücker → ZSMC, see KOTHE et al. 2004: 55 ). Current status: Valid taxon (see HAMID & MEHER 1973 , SLATER & OʼDONNELL 1995). Lepionysius ashlocki Štys, 1973b: 65 . Holotype : ♂ (brachypterous), Australia :‘ N. S. Wales , Mt.Victoria’ ( HNHM ). Current status: Valid taxon (see SLATER & OʼDONNELL 1995, CASSIS & GROSS 2002 ).