Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae)
Author
Stehlík, Jaroslav L.
Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Hviezdoslavova 29 a, CZ- 627 00 Brno – Slatina, Czech Republic
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2013
2013-11-15
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2
505
584
journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.5739959
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Physopelta
(
Physopelta
)
biguttata
Stål, 1870
(
Fig. 16
)
Physopelta biguttata
Stål, 1870: 100
(description, distribution).
SYNTYPE
(s): ♂,
Philippines
, Luzon,
Manilla
(NHRS, G. Lindberg, pers. comm.).
Physopelta biguttata
:
STÅL (1871)
: 665
(list of species);
LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894)
: 241
(catalogue, distribution);
TAEUBER (1927)
: 174
(listed);
HUSSEY (1929)
: 30
(catalogue distribution).
Material examined.
PHILIPPINES
:
no further details, 1 ♂
1 ♀
(
MMBC
).
–
TAWI TAWI ISLAND:
Tawi Tawi Island, Tarawakan, north of Batu Batu, caught by Malaise traps,
31.x.1961
,
1 ♀
, Noona Dan Exp. (
ZMUC
).
Distribution.
Philippines
(Tawi Tawi Island) (this paper). STÅL’ s (1870) record from
Manilla
(Luzon) has never been confirmed and may actually represent the place from which the material was shipped, or a case of mislabelling.