Reuteroscopus falcatus Van Duzee, 1917b: 278

SCHUH, RANDALL T., 2001, Revision Of New World Plagiognathus Fieber, With Comments On The Palearctic Fauna And The Description Of A New Genus (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2001 (266), pp. 1-267 : 255

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090(2001)266<0001:RONWPF>2.0.CO;2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466225
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387FC-FF2A-FF2E-2FC6-FBF2F80CFE87
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scientific name	Reuteroscopus falcatus Van Duzee, 1917b: 278
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Treatment

(n. sp.).

Microphylellus adustus Knight, 1929a: 40 View in CoL (n. sp.).

NEW SYNONYMY.

Microphylellus adustus binotatus Knight, 1929a :

40 (n. sp.). NEW SYNONYMY.

HOLOTYPE: Microphylellus adustus Knight : Female: ‘‘ Fort Garland, Colo [rado]., Ute Creek Ranch , August 11, 1925, H. H. Knight’ ’. Deposited in the National Museum of Natural History , Washington, D.C.

HOLOTYPE: Microphylellus adustus binotatus Knight : male: ‘‘ Montesano, Wn. [Washington], 29 June 1927, Wm. W. Baker’ ’. Deposited in the National Museum of Natural History , Washington, D.C.

This species has been recorded from California, Washington, and Colorado. The structure of the male genitalia indicates that it belongs to neither Plagiognathus nor Reuteroscopus . The vesica, although similar in general form to that of Plagiognathus , has only a single, rather short, apical spine. Although I have not examined the holotype of falcatus , comparison of the holotypes of Microphylellus adustus and M. a. binotatus in the United States National Museum of Natural History with authoritatively identified specimens of falcatus indicates that these three nominal taxa are the same, with falcatus having priority.