Published online: 1st August 2018
Published in print: 15th August 2018
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Abstract: A recent cataloguing of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) types held in the
collection of National Museum, Prague (NMPC), revealed several specimens
originating from the collection of Czech collectors Emil Holub and Ladislav
Duda, being part of the same series as types described by Géza Horváth in his
paper ‘Hemiptera nova africana’ and until now believed to be deposited
exclusively in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (HNHM). The
publication date of that paper is fixed as March 20, 1893, affecting these taxa:
Reduviidae: Coranopsis Horváth, 1893, Coranopsis vittata Horváth, 1893,
Cosmolestes fulvus Horváth, 1893, Edocla albipennis Horváth, 1893, Harpactor
(Diphymus) dudae Horváth, 1893, Oncocephalus angustatus Horváth, 1893,
Phonoctonus validus Horváth, 1893, Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893, Staccia
inermis Horváth, 1893; Blissidae: Ischnocoridea Horváth, 1893, Ischnocoridea
elegans Horváth, 1893; Rhyparochromidae: Aphanus (Graptopeltus) dilutus
Horváth, 1893 [= Naphiellus dilutus (Horváth, 1893)], Pamera bergrothi
Horváth, 1893 [= Horridipamera bergrothi (Horváth, 1893)]; Coreidae:
Homoeocerus fuscicornis Horváth, 1893, Hypselonotus balteatus Horváth, 1893 [=
Hypselonotus interruptus Hahn, 1833]; Plataspidae: Niamia Horváth, 1893, Niamia
angulosa Horváth, 1893; Scutelleridae: Cantao africanus Horváth, 1893,
Cryptacrus princeps Horváth, 1893 [= Cryptacrus comes comes (Fabricius, 1803)],
Polytodes Horváth, 1893 [= Polytes Stål, 1867], Polytodes ochraceus Horváth,
1893 [= Polytes tigrinus (Vollenhoven, 1868)]; Dinidoridae: Dinidor vicarius
Horváth, 1893; Pentatomidae: Caura modesta Horváth, 1893, Diploxys
(Paracoponia) holubi Horváth, 1893 [= Coponia holubi (Horváth, 1893)],
Paracoponia Horváth, 1893 [= Coponia Stål, 1865], Mecosoma spinosum Horváth,
1893 [= Macrorhaphis acuta Dallas, 1851], Menida distanti Horváth, 1893 [=
Menida transversa transversa (Signoret, 1861)], and Stollia crucifera Horváth,
1893. Only the following type specimens bearing Horváth’s original type
label and deposited in HNHM are recognized and their status elucidated:
Coranopsis vittata (1 syntype), Cosmolestes fulvus (holotype), Edocla
albipennis (holotype), Harpactor (Diphymus) dudae (1 syntype), Oncocephalus
angustatus (1 syntype), Reduvius reuteri (1 syntype), Homoeocerus fuscicornis
(1 syntype), Hypselonotus balteatus (1 syntype), Niamia angulosa (1 syntype),
Cryptacrus princeps (1 syntype), Polytodes ochraceus (holotype), Dinidor
vicarius (holotype), Caura modesta (lectotype), Diploxys (Paracoponia) holubi
(lectotype), and Menida distanti (1 syntype). The syntype(s) of Cantao
africanus and holotype of Stollia crucifera could not be located; a specimen in
NMPC presumably from the same series is designated here as neotype of Stollia
crucifera. Based on the examination of the type material the following
subjective synonymies are proposed: Neotrichedocla quadrisignata (Stål, 1855) =
Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893, confirmed synonymy; Dinidor impicticollis
Stål, 1870 = D. vicarius Horváth, 1893, syn. nov.; Parantestia (Chromantestia)
cincticollis (Schaum, 1853) = Parantestia (Chromantestia) modesta (Horváth,
1893), syn. nov. = Parantestia (Chromantestia) cincticollis var. bergrothiana
Kirkaldy, 1909, syn. nov.; Cosmopepla cruciaria Stål, 1872 = Stollia crucifera
Horváth, 1893, syn. nov. Rhynocoris katangensis Schouteden, 1929 (Reduviidae),
erroneously considered as junior synonym of Rhynocoris dudae by Maldonado
Capriles (1990), must be considered valid species. Type locality of the species
described based on material collected by Emil Holub is discussed. New records
are provided for Edocla albipennis (Namibia), Homoeocerus fuscicornis (Angola)
and Parantestia cincticollis (Republic of the Congo).
Key words: Heteroptera, Coreidae, Dinidoridae, Pentatomidae, Plataspidae, Reduviidae, neotype, new synonym, taxonomy, type material, type depository, Afrotropical Region, Neotropical Region