Taxonomic catalogue of the family Ochteridae with description of Ochterus papacekisp. nov. from Socotra Island and Tanzania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Kment Petr, Carapezza Attilio, Jindra Zdeněk
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 23-64, 2020
Published online: 29th February 2020
Published in print: 15th June 2020
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Abstract: The world catalogue of the family Ochteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera:
Nepomorpha: Ochteroidea) is compiled. The fossil subfamily Propreocorinae Popov,
Dolling & Whalley, 1994, recently excluded from Ochteridae by other authors,
is formally raised to family rank as Propreocoridae stat. nov. The fossil genus
Meropachys Popov, 1986 is found to be a junior homonym of Meropachys
Burmeister, 1835 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) and is replaced by a new
substitute name, Yuripachysnom. nov., resulting in one new combination:
Yuripachys dubius (Popov, 1986) comb. nov. Neochterus Mahner, 1993 (originally
proposed as subgenus of Ochterus Latreille, 1807) is considered an unavailable
name. Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza sp. nov. is described and
illustrated as a new species from the island of Socotra (Yemen) and Tanzania.
Gender agreement in Ochterus paucistriata Baehr, 1990 is corrected to O.
paucistriatus Baehr, 1990. The name Ochterus perbosci (Guérin-Méneville,
1843), an incorrect subsequent spelling of O. perboscii in prevailing usage, is
fixed according to Article 33.3.1 of the ICZN (1999). The spelling of
Angulochterus quadrimaculatus Yao, Zhang & Ren, 2011 is corrected according
to Article 32.5.1 of ICZN (1999). The original publication of Ochterus barberi
Schell, 1943, O. bidentatus Schell, 1943, O. hungerfordi Schell, 1943, and O.
parvus Schell, 1943 is clarified. The name bearing types of Ochterus barberi,
O. bidentatus, O. hungerfordi, O. parvus, O. perbosci, and Pelogonus
splendidulus Montandon, 1898 (= Ocyochterus victor(Bolívar, 1879)) are
considered as lectotypes. The family Ochteridae currently includes 3 recent
genera and 88 described species group taxa (84 species and 4 subspecies):
Megochterus Jaczewski, 1934 (2 species from Australia), Ochterus (80 species
and 4 subspecies distributed worldwide), and Ocyochterus Drake &
Gómez-Menor, 1954 (2 species from NW South America). The fossil record of
Ochteridae currently includes 4 genera and 5 species: Angulochterus Yao, Zhang
& Ren, 2011 (1 species from Early Cretaceous of China), Floricaudus Yao,
Ren & Shih, 2011 (1 species from Early Cretaceous of China),
Pristinochterus Yao, Cai & Ren, 2007 (2 species from Late Jurassic to Early
Cretaceous of China), and Riegerochterus Popov & Heiss, 2014 (1 species
from Miocene Dominican amber). In addition the fossil genus Yuripachys
(1 species from Early Creatceous of Mongolia) is classified as Ochteridae
incertae sedis, Propreocoris Popov, Dolling & Whalley, 1994 (1 species from
Early Jurassic of England) as common ancestor of Ochteridae and Gelastocoridae
in its own family Propreocoridae, and Grimaldinia Popov & Heiss, 2014
(1 species from Burmese Amber) and Heterochterus Evans, 1971 (1 species based
on an isolated wing, Late Triassic of Australia) as Ochteroidea incertae sedis.
The following new records are provided: Ochterus aeneifrons surinamensis Nieser,
1975 (Colombia), O. caffer (Stål, 1855) (Mozambique, Sudan), O. feae (Laos,
Thailand), O. marginatus marginatus (Latreille, 1804) (China: Anhui, Shaanxi;
Central African Republic; India: Rajasthan; Oman; Sudan), and O. nicobarensis
Chandra & Jehamalar, 2012 (Myanmar). The distribution of all species is
reviewed and the zoogeographic patterns and biodiversity of Ochteridae are
discussed.
Key words: Heteroptera, Nepomorpha, Ochteroidea, Ochteridae, Propreocorinae, new species,
new substitute name, catalogue, nomenclature, taxonomy, fossils, distribution