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Issue: Vol. 1383 No. 1: 18 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1383.1.3
Page range: 45–56
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Nomenclatorial changes in Oriental Lygaeinae seed bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK Department of Zoology, Pannon University, H-8360 Keszthely, Hungary
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Hemiptera Lygaeinae synonymy generic changes Oriental Region The Natural History Museum London

Abstract

Based on the type material of Oriental Lygaeinae seed bugs in The Natural History Museum, London and elsewhere, the following taxonomic changes are made. New combinations: Aspilocoryphus dixoni (Distant, 1903), comb. nov. (from Graptostethus); Aspilocoryphus orientalis (Distant, 1903), comb. nov. (from Lygaeosoma); Lygaeosoma sordidum (Distant, 1918a) comb. nov. (from Melanotelus); Hormopleurus modestus (Distant, 1909), comb. nov. (from Lygaeosoma). New synonyms: Aspilocoryphus fraternus Distant, 1918a, a junior synonym of Aspilocoryphus orientalis (Distant, 1903) (Lygaeosoma), syn nov., Epibomius pusa Distant, 1909, a junior synonym of Lygaeosoma pusillum (Dallas, 1852) (Arocatus), syn. nov., Pyrrhobaphus (Graptostethus) collaris Breddin, 1907 a junior synonym of Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant, 1879, syn. nov., Graptostethus diffusus Walker, 1872 a junior synonym of Graptostethus incomptus (Herrich-Schaffer, 1847) (Lygaeus), syn. nov., Graptostethus trisignatus Distant, 1879 a junior synonym of Graptostethus incertus (Walker, 1872) (Lygaeus), syn. nov. , Lygaeus degeni Distant, 1918b, a junior synonym of Cosmopleurus fulvipes (Dallas, 1852) (Lygaeus), syn. nov., Lygaeus simla Distant, 1909, a junior synonym of Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze, 1778) (Cimex), syn. nov., Lygaeus tonkinensis Distant, 1918b, a junior synonym of Tropidothorax maculatus (Dallas, 1852) (Lygaeus), syn. nov., Tropidothorax concisus Walker, 1872, a junior synonym of Tropidothorax fimbriatus (Dallas, 1852) (Lygaeus), syn. nov.

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