Ochterus parvus Schell, 1943

Kment, Petr, Carapezza, Attilio & Jindra, Zdeněk, 2020, Taxonomic catalogue of the family Ochteridae with description of Ochterus papaceki sp. nov. from Socotra Island and Tanzania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60 (1), pp. 23-64 : 44-45

Ochterus parvus Schell, 1943

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Ochterus parvus Schell, 1943a: 32 , 35 (key to species, illustration). LECTOTYPE (designated by SCHELL 1943b: 40, as holotype):, Ecuador: ‘Mera’ (SEMC).

Ochterus parvus : SCHELL (1943b): 39 –40 (original description, differential diagnosis); DRAKE (1952): 74 (checklist); FROESCHNER (1981): 61 (catalogue); HECKMAN (2011): 460 (key to species, illustration); CIANFERONI (2012): 67 (key to species).

Material examined. ECUADOR: NAPO: 7.5 km SE of Archidona, San Pablo de Ushpayacu env., 0°56′52″S 77°45′01″W, 540 m a.s.l., 23.xi.2006, 1 ♀ ( Fig. 24 ), M. Fikáček lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC).

Distribution. Neotropical Region: South America: Ecuador ( SCHELL 1943b, DRAKE 1952, CIANFERONI 2012).

Note. The revision of American Ochterus including the description of O. parvus was published divided in two parts, the first published in January 1943 ( SCHELL 1943a) and the second in April 1943 ( SCHELL 1943b). The species was first introduced in the key, which is sufficient to make it available ( ICZN 1999: Art. 13.1.1), without any mention of type specimens ( SCHELL 1943a: 32), while the original description including the holotype designation appeared in the second part ( SCHELL 1943b: 39). As a holotype is defined as ‘the single specimen upon which a new nominal species-group taxon is based in the original publication’ ( ICZN 1999: Art. 73.1), in this case, the subsequently designated ‘holotype’ must be considered the lectotype according to ICZN (1999: Art. 74.5).

Ochterus paucistriatus Baehr, 1990

Ochterus paucistriata Baehr, 1990b: 450, 453, 454, 456–459, 461, 468 ‒469 (key to species, description, illustrations). HOLOTYPE:, Indonesia: Papua:ʻDutch New Guinea: Cyclops Mts., Mt.Lina , 3500 ft. [= 1067 m a.s.l.]’ ( BMNH).

Ochterus paucistriata: CHEN et al. (2005): 413 (checklist).

Distribution. Australian Region: Indonesia: Papua ( BAEHR 1990b, CHEN et al. 2005)

Note. BAEHR (1990b) established the species name as O. paucistriata, citing it 11 times throughout the paper, but without providing any explanation of its etymology. CHEN et al. (2005) also accepted O. paucistriata as the correct original spelling. However, the species name is a compo-

sed Latin adjective paucistriatus (- a, - um) and the generic name Ochterus is masculine. Therefore, we correct here the gender agreement of the name to O. paucistriatus (see ICZN 1999: Art. 31.2, 34.2).

Figures

Fig. 24. Ochterus parvus Schell, 1943, female, Ecuador:Napo:San Pablo de Ushpayacu env., 3.73 mm.