Taxonomy of widespread Neotropical species of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae): redescription of P. distinctus (Stål, 1860) and revalidation of P. fuscescens (Dallas, 1851)
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Brugnera, Ricardo
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Roell, Talita
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Campos, Luiz Alexandre
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Grazia, Jocelia
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-03-18
4751
3
546
562
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4751.3.7
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Podisus signoreti
Fallou, 1891
, SPECIES INQUIRENDA
Podisus signoreti
Fallou, 1891: 6
;
Kirkaldy 1909: 21
;
Thomas 1992: 90
.
Apateticus
(
Eupodisus
)
signoreti
:
Schouteden 1907: 71
;
Thomas 1992: 90
.
Apateticus
(
Podisus
)
signoreti
:
Kirkaldy 1909: 21
;
Thomas 1992: 90
.
Comments.
Thomas (1992)
synonymized
Podisus signoreti
Fallou, 1891
with
P. distinctus
Stål
, based on a description by Begroth (1911). We were not able to find the
type
specimen of
P. signoreti
. Fallou’s collection should be deposited in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris (
Rider 2019
); we asked Dr. Dominique Pluot-Sigwalt and Dr. Eric Guilbert from MNHN who reported the
type
of
P. signoreti
is missing in the collection and is apparently lost. Based on our interpretation, both the descriptions by
Fallou (1891)
and
Bergroth (1911)
are insufficient to conclude that
P. signoreti
is a synonym of
P. fuscescens
rev. stat.
. The features described by both authors may represent intraspecific variations and can match characteristics of many species in the genus, precluding its undoubtful identification. Thus, we propose to treat
P. signoreti
as
species inquirenda.