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Issue: Vol. 2410 No. 1: 25 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2410.1.2
Page range: 29–44
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 3

Review and Revision of Nysius Dallas of Australia and South West Pacific (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Orsillidae)

Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield Centre, Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre, Vic. 3156, Australia
Hemiptera complex group of species researching doubtful status type specimens lectotype designation new synonymy diagnoses genitalia key to recognised species distribution

Abstract

During a review of Australian Nysius Dallas, types of all species recorded from Australia and its territories and neighbouring areas in the South West Pacific were examined. As a result of this, the following synonymies have become necessary: Nysius andrewsi Izzard and N. usingeri Izzard as junior synonyms of N. vinitor Bergroth; N. clevelandensis Evans, N. turneri Evans, N. pacificus China, N. dissimilis Izzard, and N. villicus Van Duzee as junior synonyms of N. caledoniae Distant. Other species from Australia and the South West Pacific which have had their status confirmed in this study are: N. spectabilis Distant, N. pulchellus Stål, N. picipes Usinger, N. oceanicus Usinger, and N. femoratus Van Duzee. A lectotype is designated for N. vinitor Bergroth. A key to all species now recognised from Australia and the SW Pacific is provided.

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