Lectotype designations and taxonomic corrections on species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin
Author
Kondorosy, Előd
Author
Rédei, Dávid
text
Zootaxa
2015
3964
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101
113
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.7
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1175-5326
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Aphanus schultzei
Breddin, 1913
(
Figs. 17–18
)
Aphanus schultzei
Breddin
in
Schumacher, 1913
: 69
.
Holotype
: ♀, [
South Africa
:] Cape flats; ZMHB.
Naphius capensis
Scudder, 1971
: 1545.
Holotype
: ♀,
South Africa
: Cape Town; BMNH.
New subjective synonym.
Current status.
Naphius
schultzei
(Breddin, 1913)
,
new combination
.
Type
material examined.
Holotype
: ♀, “Cape flats / L. Schultze / 764.
IX. 04.
” [dark blue, hw], “S.764” [hw], “
Aphanus
/
Schultzei
/ Bredd.” [Breddin’s hw], “
Type
” [red], “Zoolog. Museum / Berlin”; pinned, intact, both antennae oligomerous, with three segments (
ZMHB
) (
Figs. 17–19
).
Remarks.
Schumacher (1913: 49)
explicitly stated that the authorship of this species (and several other species described in the same paper) should be attributed to Breddin. The species was described from a single specimen (
holotype
) that is deposited in ZMHB. The species has remained greatly omitted in the literature.
Slater (1964
: 1289) transferred it to
Rhyparochromus
Hahn, 1826
.
Based on the re-examination of the
holotype
we disagree with the placement proposed by
Slater (1964)
and we are convinced that this species belongs to
Naphius
Stål, 1874 therefore the above new combination is proposed. This species is identical with
Naphius capensis
Scudder, 1971
.
Holotype
and some
paratypes
of the latter species were also examined by the senior author in connection with the present study.
As
a consequence the above new synonymy is proposed.