Ochterus banksi Barber, 1913

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 : 35

Ochterus banksi Barber, 1913

Ochterus banksi Barber, 1913: 213– 214 –215 (key to species, original description, illustration). SYNTYPES: 3 1 ♀, USA: Virginia: ‘at Glencarlyn’ (coll. N. Banks + AMNH).

Ochterus banksi : VAN DUZEE (1917): 476 (catalogue); HUNGERFORD (1919): 51 –53 (key to species, original description repeated); BLAT- CHLEY (1926): 1020–1021 (key to species, redescription); SCHELL (1943a): 32, 35 (key to species, illustration); DRAKE (1943b): 45 (original description repeated, differential diagnosis); BOBB (1951): 93 –100 (redescription, description of egg and larval instars I–V, biology, ecology); DRAKE (1952): 74 (checklist); CHAPMAN (1958): 119 –120 (key to species); WILSON (1958): 154 (key to species); BOBB (1971): 17–20 (key to species, redescription, larval instars, illustrations); POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS (1988a): 542 (catalogue); EPLER (2006): 12.1–12.4 (key to species, variability, illustrations); HOFFMAN (2012): 59 (illustration, distribution); POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS (2016): 11, 13, 17, 26–30 (key to species, redescription, illustrations, new synonymy).

Ochterus banksii (incorrect subsequent spelling): HECKMAN (2011): 463 (key to species, illustration).

Ochterus flaviclavus Barber, 1913: 213 , 215 (key to species, original description). HOLOTYPE:, USA: Florida: ‘Ormond’ (coll. Barber + USNM). Junior subjective synonym, suggested by EPLER (2006: 12.4), confirmed by POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS (2016: 26).

Ochterus flaviclavus : VAN DUZEE (1917): 476 (catalogue); HUNGERFORD (1919): 51 –52 (key to species, original description repeated); BLAT- CHLEY (1926): 1020, 1022 (key to species, redescription); SCHELL (1943a): 32, 35 (key to species, illustration); SCHELL (1943b): 40 –41 (original description repeated, differential diagnosis); DRAKE (1952): 74 (checklist); CHAPMAN (1958):119 –120 (key to species); POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS (1988a): 542 (catalogue); EPLER (2006): 12.3–12.4 (key to species, taxonomy, illustrations); HECKMAN (2011): 460 (key to species, illustration).

Material examined. USA: ILLINOIS: Union Co., Pine Hills 3, 10.viii.1984, J. E. McPherson, R. J. Packauskas & T. E.Vogt lgt., Z.Jindra det., P. Kment revid. ( ZJPC). NEW YORK: White Plains, 15.xii.[19]17, 1, JRTB Collr [= J. R. Torre Bueno lgt.], C. J. Drake det. ( NMPC).

Distribution. Nearctic Region: USA: Connecticut (POLHE- MUS & POLHEMUS 2016), Florida (DRAKE 1913, 1914; BLAT- CHLEY 1926, both as O. flaviclavus ; SCHELL 1943b; DRAKE 1952; CHAPMAN 1958; POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a, 2016; EPLER 2006), Illinois ( TINERELLA et al. 2009), Indiana (BLAT- CHLEY 1926; POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a), Kansas (POLHE- MUS & POLHEMUS 1988, as O. flaviclavus ; 2016), Louisiana ( POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a, as O. flaviclavus ; 2016), Maryland ( POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 2016), Massachusetts ( DRAKE 1952, POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a), Michigan ( POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 2016), Mississippi ( DRAKE 1952; WILSON 1958; POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a, 2016); New Jersey ( SCHELL 1943b, DRAKE 1952, POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a), New York ( BLATCHLEY 1926, LEONARD 1928, SCHELL 1943b, DRAKE 1952, POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a), Ohio ( POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 2016), Pennsylvania ( POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 2016), South Carolina ( BOBB 1951, POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a), Texas ( POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a, 2016; POLHEMUS 1997; EPLER 2006), Virginia ( BARBER 1913; BLATCHLEY 1926; SCHELL 1943b; DRAKE 1952; BOBB 1951, 1974; POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1988a, 2016; HOFFMAN 2012), West Virginia ( POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 2016).

Note. BARBER (1913) described the species based on a single male from the collection of Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson. Later, SCHELL (1943b) mentioned that the holotype was deposited in Barber’s collection. Currently it is deposited in USNM (T. Henry, pers. comm.).