Doomed to a vile lot: new taxa, notes, and an updated generic key for the Old World corsairs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) Author Swanson, Daniel R. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-11-19 4700 2 196 228 journal article 24865 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.2.2 0ffab461-7a40-4216-88cf-a1727e05ccdf 1175-5326 3548390 DEB691E4-EEA2-4821-84B4-BA9145E5706B Ectomocoris bimaculatus Schouteden, 1909 ( Fig. 17 ) AFRICA: [ GHANA :] Gold Coast: Akuse Rest House, 8 July 1950 , L. Berner, det. D. R. Swanson 2017 [1 ind. (abd. missing) (UMMZ); idem. 9 July 1950 [ 2 males ] (UMMZ) [imaged] ( NEW COUNTRY RECORD ). Note: Schouteden (1909b) proposed Ectomocoris biguttatus as a nomen novum for this species, presumably due to Peirates bimaculatus Audinet-Serville, 1831 , a junior synonym of Ectomocoris fenestratus ( Klug, 1830 ) . However, Stål (1865) synonymized Peirates bimaculatus directly with Peirates fenestratus Klug, 1830 , meaning the epithet bimaculatus had never been used in Ectomocoris . Thus, Schouteden’s (1909a) original name remains valid and his nomen novum is unnecessary. Both Putshkov & Putshkov (1987) and Maldonado Capriles (1990) followed Schouteden’s (1909b) erroneous treatment.