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
Graptostethus trisignatus
Distant
G
.
trisignatus
Distant, 1879
: 130
;
Slater, 1964
: 61
.
New placement:
junior synonym of
Graptostethus incertus
(
Walker, 1872
) (
Lygaeus
)
syn. nov.
Material examined.
Syntype
Ψ
Graptostethus trisignatus
Distant
, with the following labels: 1. Museum circular red-margined label with “
TYPE
” pr; 2. “
trisignatus Dist.
type
”, hwr; 3. “N. Khasia 1500-5300(?) (Chennell)”, hwr; 4. “Distant Coll. 1911-383.”, pr.
Syntype
Ψ
Graptostethus trisignatus
Distant
with the following labels: 1. “Laga” [or “Naga”] “2000/6000”, hwr; 2. “Distant Coll. 1911-383.”, pr; 3. “This is the same as
Lygaeus incertus
Walker.
”, hwr, “G. G. E. Scudder det. 1985” pr.
Remarks.
Originally described from an unspecified number of specimens from “Naga hills,
2000 to 6000 feet
; North Khasia hills,
1500 to 3000 feet
.”. The two
syntypes
of this species and the
type
of
Graptostethus incertus
(Walker)
, although a little damaged, are identical. Scudder also noted the synonymy (see his label on
Syntype
2 above).
Note: Among the species of
Graptostethus
known to us, only
G. i n c e r t u s
has a fully black vertex, and it is therefore questionable whether this species belongs in this genus.