Nomenclatorial changes in Oriental Lygaeinae seed bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
Author
Kondorosy, El Ő D
Author
Lyal, Christopher Henry Coutts
Author
Webb, Michael Donald
text
Zootaxa
2006
1383
45
56
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273666
fc930b15-be88-468d-b595-23fffafe76d9
1175-5326
273666
Lygaeus maculatus
Dallas
Lygaeus maculatus
Dallas, 1852
: 545
–546.
Graptostethus maculatus
(Dallas)
;
Distant, 1901
: 537
;
Slater, 1964
: 53
.
New placement:
Tropidothorax maculatus
(Dallas)
,
comb. nov.
Material examined.
Syntype
ɗ, with the following labels: 1. Museum circular redmargined label with “
TYPE
” pr; 2. “N.
India
” hwr, on reverse “48. 134” hwr [
BMNH
register information for 1848 134 reads: “170 Rhynchota N.
India
(Almorah) Bought of Mr Warwick Part of Boyes collection - a selection £45”]; 3. “108.
Lygaeus maculatus
,” pr (cut out from the catalogue of
Walker, 1872
).
Syntype
Ψ, with the following labels: 1. “E.
Ind
.” hwr, on reverse “43. 43.” hwr; 2. “
Lygaeus
” pr, “
maculatus
” hwr, “Walker’s catal.” pr.
Remarks.
Originally described from “a. N.
India
. From Capt. Boys’s Collection.” and “b.
India
. From Archdeacon Clerk’s Collection.”. This species has a similar structure of the pronotum and scutellum to
Tropidothorax
species (see
Lygaeus simla
Distant
) and is very similar to
T. autolycus
(Distant)
, but the latter species is slightly larger and has some differences in coloration.