Lectotype designations and taxonomic corrections on species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin
Author
Kondorosy, Előd
Author
Rédei, Dávid
text
Zootaxa
2015
3964
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101
113
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.7
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Aethalotus horni
Breddin, 1907
(
Fig. 9
)
Aethalotus horni
Breddin, 1907a
: 42
.
Syntypes
: ♂, ♀,
Ceylon
[=
Sri Lanka
]: Puttalam and Anuradhapura; depository not stated.
Type
material examined.
Lectotype
(present designation): ♀, “
Ceylon
/ W. Horn”, “Anu- / radhapura”; mounted on card, segment IV of both antennae lacking (
DEIC
) (
Figs. 9–10
).
Paralectotype
: “Puttalam /
Ceylon
Horn”; mounted on card, segments III–IV of left and segment IV of right antenna lacking (1 ♀,
DEIC
).
Remarks.
According to the original description the
syntype
series included male(s) too, therefore it can be stated with certainty that a part of the specimens (
paralectotypes
) remains undiscovered.
A. horni
is a valid species distributed in southern
India
and in
Sri Lanka
. Its diagnostic characters were discussed and illustrated and a detailed description was presented by
Scudder (1963)
.