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 text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2013 2013-11-15 53 2 505 584 journal article 2413 10.5281/zenodo.5739959 956fa4e4-8b18-4c70-94b2-5722d5348180 0374-1036 5739959 8D64B275-C6AF-411E-B79D-A3EBEB3D093FD Physopelta ( Neophysopelta ) slanbuschii ( Fabricius, 1787 ) Cimex Slanbuschii Fabricius, 1787: 299–300 (description, distribution). SYNTYPES : 5 spec. , China (ZMUC; see ZIMSEN 1964 ). Cimex Slanbuschii : GMELIN (1790) : 2172 (diagnosis); ZIMSEN (1964) : 327 ( types ). Lygaeus schlanbuschii (incorrect subsequent spelling): FABRICIUS (1794) : 155 – 156 (new combination, redescription, distribution); Lygaeus Schlanbuschii (incorrect subsequent spelling): FABRICIUS (1803) : 222 (diagnosis, distribution). Pyrrhocoris Schlangenbuschii (incorrect subsequent spelling): BURMEISTER (1835) : 286 (new combination,diagnosis, distribution). Dysdercus schlanbuschii : UHLER (1861) : 229 (new combination, distribution). Physopelta Schlangbuschi (incorrect subsequent spelling): STÅL (1861) : 195 (list of species); Physopelta Schlanbuschii (incorrect subsequent spelling): STÅL (1863) : 391 (catalogue, distribution); STÅL (1868) : 80 (catalogue, distribution); STÅL (1870) : 100 (catalogue, distribution); WALKER (1873) : 18, 20–21 (key, variability, catalogue, distribution); DISTANT (1879a) : 127 (distribution); LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894) : 242 (catalogue, distribution); DISTANT (1903a) : 99 (redescription, distribution); MATSUMURA (1905) : 27 (distribution); MAXWELLLEFROY (1909): 325 (distribution). Physopelta schlanbuschi (incorrect subsequent spelling): MANNA et al. (1985) : 621–630 (chromosomes, figures, distribution); GHOSH et al. (1989) : 207 (catalogue, distribution); CHAKRABARTY et al. (1994) : 35 (differential diagnosis, distribution); SINGH & BANYAL (2013) : 1056 (distribution). Physopelta slanbuschi (incorrect subsequent spelling): SEN et al. (1998) : 331, 333–334, 339–340 (checklist, key, diagnosis, distribution). Physopelta slanbuschii : KIRKALDY & EDWARDS (1902) : 165 (catalogue, distribution); HUSSEY (1929) : 33 (catalogue, distribution); BLÖTE (1931) : 100 (distribution); SCHMIDT (1931) : 46 (distribution); LIU (1981) : 222, 224 , pl. 28 (key, redescription, figure); ZAMAL & CHOPRA (1990) : 7, 10–11 (redescription, figures, distribution); Hu & Gui in ZHANG (1995) : 111−112 (redescription, habitus, distribution, biology); STEHLÍK (2004) : 4 (distribution); STEHLÍK & JINDRA (2003) : 8 (distribution); STEHLÍK (2005a) : 145 (distribution); RÉDEI et al. (2009) : 12, 14, 18 (key, figure, distribution); ZHU et al. (2012) : 195–198 (ecology, distribution). Physopelta slanbushii (incorrect subsequent spelling): HUA (2000) : 187 (check-list, host plants, distribution). Physopelta ( Physopelta ) slanbuschii : VOIGT (2006) : 224 (key, distribution). Neophysopelta schlanbuschi (incorrect subsequent spelling): AHMAD & ABBAS (1987) : 135–136, 141–142 (new combination, redescription, figures, host plant, distribution). Neophysopelta schlanbuschii (incorrect subsequent spelling): PERVEEN & AHMAD (1991) : 161–162, 164 (key, differential diagnosis). Neophysopelta neoschlanbuschii Perveen & Ahmad, 1991: 162–164 (key, description, figures, differential diagnosis, distribution). HOLOTYPE : ♂ , India, Puducherry , Karaikal Territory , Karumbagarans [= Kurumbagaram ] ( USNM ). New synonym. Material examined. BHUTAN : Boutan , no date, 1 ♀ , no collector ( BMNH ) . – INDIA : PUDUCHERRY: KARIKAL TERRITORY : Kurumbagaram , x.1945 , 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀ , iv.1946 , 2 ♀♀ , iv.1947 , 1 ♀ , P. S. Nathan lgt. ( NMPC ). – TAMIL NADU: Coimbatore [= Koimbatur], xii.1945 , 2 ♀♀ , P. S. Nathan lgt. ( NMPC ) . – NEPAL : NARAYANI ZONE: Chitwan Roy. Nat. Park ., Sauraha village , 27.35N 84.30E , 166 m a.s.l. , at light, 1 ♀ , D. Král lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC ) . – MYANMAR : KACHIN : Myitkyina , 1945, 5 ♂♂ 1 ♀ , D. N. Marks lgt. ( AMNH ). – SAGAING : Alaundaw Katthapa NP , 1.5 km SW Log Cabin Camp , Pagoda Road , 20°18.902′N 94°28.060′, 400 m a.s.l. , semi-evergreen forest near Pagoda Stream , sifting moist leaf litter, 6.v.2003 , 1 ♀ , H. Schillhammer lgt., P. Kment det. ( NHMW ) . – VIETNAM : HA NAM PROVINCE: Tonkin , Rég. d’Hanoi , Chiné , prés Phu-Ly [= Phu Ly], 1909, 3 ♀♀ , L. Duport lgt., P. Kment det. ( MNHN ). – HOA BINH PROVINCE: Tonkin , Hoabinh , x.1916 , 1 ♂, R. V. de Salvaza lgt. ( BMNH ). – NINH BINH PROVINCE: Cue Phuong, 23.–25.v.1986 , 1 ♀ (with black metafemora), V. Švihla lgt. ( NMPC ). – SONG BÉ PROVINCE : Ca-Na env., 700–900 m a.s.l. , 1923, 1 ♀ , Palane lgt. ( MNHN ) . – LAOS : ATTAPEU PROVINCE: Annam Highlands Mts. , Dong Ampan NBCA, Nong Fa (crater lake) env., 15°05.9′N 107°25.6′E , ca. 1,160 m a.s.l. , 30.iv.–4.v.2010 , 2 ♀♀ , J. Hájek lgt. ( NMPC ). – DONG NAI PROVINCE: Dong Nai Biosphere Res., I.G. 32.161, 11°18′N 107°06′E , 25.vi.–6.vii.2012 , day collecting, 1 ♀ , J. Constant & J. Bresseel lgt. ( ISNB ). – KHAMMOUAN PROVINCE: Ban Khoun Ngeun , 18°07′N 104°29′E , 250 m a.s.l. , 4.–16.xi + 25.–30.xi.2000 , 1 ♀ , E. Jendek & P. Pacholátko lgt., P. Kment det. ( NHMW ). – SEXONG PROVINCE: ca. 51 km N Sekong , Ho Chi Minh trail, 15°48.1′N 106°39.4′E , ca. 580 m a.s.l. , 13.–15.v.2010 , 1 ♀ , J. Hájek lgt. ( NMPC ). – VIENTIANE PROVINCE: Lao Pako env., 55 km NE of Vientiane , 200 m a.s.l. , 1.–4.v.2005 , 1 ♂, J. Bezděk lgt., Z. Jindra det. ( NMPC ) . – CAMBODIA : BUTTAMBANG PROVINCE: Ptek Toa ( Tonle Sap Lake ), on light trap , 7.vii.2005 , 1 ♂ 1 ♀ , I. Var lgt. ( ISNB ). – PREAH VIHEAR PROVINCE: Phnom Kulen, light trap , 24.v.2003 , 1 ♀ , J. Constant & K. Smets lgt. ( ISNB ). – SIEM REAP PROVINCE: Prek, Toal ( Tonle Sap Lake ), light trap , 27.v.2003 , 6 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ , K. Smets & Grootaert lgt. ( ISNB ) ; Siem Reap , light trap , 22.v.2003 , 2 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀ , J. Constant & K. Smets lgt. ( ISNB ) ; ditto, 23.v.2003 , 2 ♂♂, K. Smets & J. Constant lgt. ( ISNB ) ; ditto, on light trap , 25.v.2006 , 1 ♂ 4 ♀♀ , J. Constant & K. Smets lgt. ( ISNB ) ; 8 km north of Sre Noi road to Along Vaeng , 29.v.2003 , 2 ♀♀ , J. Constant & K. Smets lgt. ( ISNB ) ; Angkor Thorn , day catch, 23.v.2003 , 1 ♂, J. Constant & Grootaert lgt. ( ISNB ) ; Forest S of Angkor Wat , light trap , 26.iv.2005 , 1 ♀ , K. Smets & I. Var lgt. ( ISNB ) . – THAILAND : MAE HONG SON PROVINCE: Northern – Pai , 1.–12.v.2001 , 1 ♂, R. Kocina lgt., Z. Jindra det. ( NMPC ). – NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PROVINCE : Khao Luang , Banhan Sak Kah , 9.v.1922 , 1 ♀ , H. M. Pendelbury lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH ) . – MALAYSIA : PERAK : Perak , no date, 1 ♂, Coll. Distant , P. Kment det. ( BMNH ). Distribution. Japan (Ryukyus) ( MATSUMURA 1905 ), China ( Guangdong , Guangxi , Yunnan , Hainan ) ( FABRICIUS 1787 , 1794 ; BURMEISTER 1835 ; UHLER 1861 ; STÅL 1863 , 1870 ; WALKER 1873 ; DISTANT 1903a ; LIU 1981 ; Hu & Gui in ZHANG 1995 ; HUA 2000 ; KERZHNER 2001 ; RÉDEI et al. 2009 ), Pakistan ( Islamabad Capital Territory , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Punjab ) ( AHMAD & ABBAS 1987 ), India ( Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Bihar , Delhi , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Karnataka , Meghalaya , Orissa , Tamil Nadu , Puducherry : Karaikal Territory, Uttarakhand , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal ) ( DISTANT 1879a , 1903a ; MAXWELL- LEFROY 1909; BLÖTE 1931 ; SCHMIDT 1931 ; MANNA et al. 1985 ; AHMAD & ABBAS 1987 ; GHOSH et al. 1989 ; ZAMAL & CHOPRA 1990 ; PERVEEN & AHMAD 1991 , as Neophysopelta neoschlanbuschii ; CHAKRABARTY et al. 1994 ; SEN et al. 1998 ; SINGH & BANYAL 2013 ; this paper), Bhutan (new record), Nepal ( STEHLÍK 2004 ; this paper), Bangladesh ( AHMAD & ABBAS 1987 ), Myanmar ( KIRKALDY & EDWARDS 1902 , DISTANT 1903a ), Vietnam (new record), Laos ( BLÖTE 1931 , STEHLÍK 2005a ; this paper), Cambodia ( VOIGT 2006 ; this paper), Thailand ( STEHLÍK & JINDRA 2003 ; this paper), Malaysia (Malayan Peninsula: Pahang , Penang ) ( WALKER 1873 ; this paper). The records from Taiwan ( KERZHNER 2001 ) were not confirmed recently ( RÉDEI et al. 2009 ). Comment. PERVEEN & AHMAD (1991) distinguished Neophysopelta neoschlanbuschii from Ph. slanbuschii based on the following characters: ‘Size of black discal spot on corium larger, pronotal width distinctly less than 2× its length; in male ventroposterior margin of pygophore slightly sinuate, lateral lobes of paramere comparatively broader, in female spermathecal duct with more number of coils’, whereas in Ph. slanbuschii : ‘Size of black discal spot on corium smaller, pronotal width slightly less than 2× its length; in male ventroposterior margin of pygophore truncate, lateral lobe of paramere narrower, in female spermathecal duct with less number of coils’. I had possibility to examine several specimens of Ph. slanbuschii evidently belonging to the same series (NMPC, see Material examined) as the holotype and two male paratypes of N. neoschlanbuschii . The specimens represent Ph. slanbuschii without doubt. It is obvious that diagnostic characters listed by PERVEEN & AHMAD (1991) for Neophysopelta neoschlanbuschii fit to the considerable intraspecific variability of Ph. slanbuschii , particularly the size of the central spot on the corium. Therefore, Neophysopelta neoschlanbuschii Perveen & Ahmad, 1991 is here considered a junior synonym of Ph. slanbuschii .