Hebrus pusillus pombasi Poisson, 1959

Kment, Petr, Jindra, Zdeněk & Berchi, Gavril Marius, 2016, Review of West-Palaearctic Hebridae with description of a new species and redescription of Hebrus fulvinervis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Zootaxa 4147 (3), pp. 201-239 : 216

Hebrus pusillus pombasi Poisson, 1959

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Hebrus pusillus pombasi Poisson, 1959 in Lindberg (1959: 125) . Holotype: ♂, Cape Verde Islands: Santo Antão : Pombas ( MZHF).

Distribution ( Fig. 71 ). Macaronesia: Cape Verde Islands: Brava, Santo Antão ( Lindberg 1959, Báez et al. 2005). Afrotropical Region: Ivory Coast ( Poisson 1968).

Comments. The species has not been recorded since its description, except a single record from the Ivory Coast by Poisson (1968). However, the latter record requires confirmation. The subspecific status of this taxon and its relationship with H. pusillus pusillus requires re-examination.

In the MZHF are 9 specimens from the type locality: ‘holotype nr. 11635, 3 spec. on the same pin, no locality label, determination handwritten label by Poisson, no year; allotype nr. 11636, 1 spec., Santo Antão: Pombas, 23.– 25.12.1953, Lindberg, + Poisson determination label in 1956; paratype nr. 11637, 2 spec. on the same pin, Santo Antão: Pombas, 23.– 25.12.1953, Lindberg, + Poisson determination label in 1956; paratype (red label no number), 3 spec. on two pins, Santo Antão: Pombas, 23.– 25.12.1953, Lindberg, + Poisson determination label in 1956.’ (L. Huldén, pers. comm.).

Figures

FIGURE 71. Distribution of Hebrus pusillus pusillus (Fallén, 1807) (confirmed occurrence in green, unconfirmed records in yellow), H. pusillus arabicus Linnavuori, 1971 (red), H. dupuisi Wagner, 1954 (blue circle), H. pusillus canariensis Poisson, 1954 (blue triangle), and H. pusillus pombasi Poisson, 1959 (blue square).