On the synonymy of Dymantis Stål, 1861 and Eomyrochea Linnavuori, 1982 and resulting nomenclatural changes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Author
Kment, Petr
Author
Rider, David A.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4058
2
278
286
journal article
39255
10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.9
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1175-5326
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Myrochea
(
Dymantis
)
subvittata
(
Stål, 1861
)
,
comb. nov.
Dymantis subvittata
Stål, 1861
: 199
(generic placement), 200 (original description, comparison with
D. plana
).
Lectotype
(designated by
Linnavuori 1982
: 7
, as
holotype
): ♂,
South Africa
: ‘Caffraria’ (NHRS).
Dymantis subvittata
:
Stål (1865)
: 111
(redescription, comparison with
D. plana
, distribution);
Stål (1876)
: 52
(catalogue, distribution);
Lethierry & Severin (1893)
: 109
(catalogue, distribution);
Distant (1898)
: 299
(comparison with
D. relata
);
Distant (1901)
: 25
(record);
Kirkaldy (1909)
: 182
(catalogue, distribution);
Schouteden (1909)
: 41
(record);
Schumacher (1913)
: 58
(record);
Hesse (1925)
: 19
(catalogue, record);
Göllner-Scheiding (2012)
: 99
(faunistic record).
Sciocoris subvittatus
:
Walker (1867)
: 176
(catalogue).
Myrochea
(
Eomyrochea
)
subvittata
:
Linnavuori (1982)
: 67
–70 (redescription, key to species, figures, inadvertent
lectotype
designation).
Myrochea
subvittata
:
Robertson (2009)
: 301
(catalogue, distribution).
FIGURES 1–4.
Neodymantis
sp. (♂, Namibia, Windhoek—Seeis, coll. NMPC).
1
—habitus (body length 11.8 mm).
2–4
— pygophore (
2
—ventral view,
3
—posterior view,
4
—lateral view). Scale bars = 1 mm.
Distribution.
Namibia
(
Schumacher 1913
,
Hesse 1925
, both without exact locality),
Republic of the Congo
(
Distant 1901
,
Schouteden 1909
,
Göllner-Scheiding 2012
),
South Africa
(
Stål 1861
,
1865
;
Linnavuori 1982
),
Zimbabwe
(
Kirkaldy 1909, as Mashonaland, no exact locality record
).