Ochterus caffer ( Stål, 1855 )

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 : 36

Ochterus caffer ( Stål, 1855)

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Pelogonus caffer Stål, 1855: 46 (original description). SYNTYPE (s): South Africa: Natal (NHRS).

Pelogonus marginatus (partim): STÅL (1866): 170–171 (redescription, catalogue); STÅL (1876): 137 (catalogue).

Ochterus marginatus caffer: JACZEWSKI (1934):606 –607 (differential diagnosis, illustrations); JACZEWSKI (1935): 483 (key to species); POISSON (1948): 169 (distribution); POISSON (1949): 48 (distribution); POISSON (1954): 363 (distribution); BERTRAND (1962): 882 (distribution); POISSON (1968a): 401 (distribution); POISSON (1968b):34 (distribution); POISSON & SALLIER DUPIN (1969): 19 (distribution).

Ochterus caffer : MANCINI (1939a): 124 –125 (raised to species status, variability, illustrations); KORMILEV (1973): 2 –3, 5–6, 8 (redescription, illustrations), POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS (2008): 286 (key to species for Indian Ocean).

Material examined.?: Environs du Tsad [= environs of Lake Chad], 1937, 5 1 ♀, Škulina lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC). BENIN: SE, Cove, Zou river, 16.iv.2000, 2, J. Halada lgt., P.Kment det.( ZJPC). CAME- ROON: NW, Tubah sbdiv., Big Babanki, N of Bamenda, 2100 m a.s.l., xii.2009, 1, R. Sehnal lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: ITURI: Congo b., Ituri, 1937, 1, Škulina lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC). CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: ca. 60 km W Bouar, 5°45′N 15°13′E, 660 m a.s.l., 23.iii.2010, 1, J. Halada lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC); 60 km W Bouar, 5°42′N 16°00′E, 860 m a.s.l., 30.iii.2010, 1, J. Halada lgt., P. Kment det. ( MMBC). IVORY COAST: Bouaké, 22.–23.iv.1964, 1, R. H. Cobben lgt., P. Kment det. ( ACPI). MADAGASCAR: CE, 1 km E of Andreba, village, 2 km E of Alaotra lake, 30.x.2003, 2 1 ♀, P. Baňař lgt., P.Kment det.

Ochterus breviculus Nieser & Chen, 1992

Ochterus breviculus Nieser & Chen, 1992: 9 –11 (description, differential diagnosis, illustrations). HOLOTYPE:, China: Tibet: ʻBeibeng, 850 m’ (IZAS).

Ochterus breviculus : POLHEMUS (1995a): 25 (catalogue); XIE & LIU (2013): 6 (checklist).

Distribution. Oriental/Palaearctic Region: China: Yunnan ( NIESER & CHEN 1992, XIE & LIU 2013), Xizang (= Tibet) ( NIESER & CHEN 1992, XIE & LIU 2013).

Ochterus bruneiensis Zettel & Lane, 2010

Ochterus bruneiensis Zettel & Lane, 2010: 98 –101 (description, illustrations). HOLOTYPE:, Brunei: Brunei-Muara District, Sungai Akar , waterfall area near main road, 47 m a.s.l., N 04°56′45″ E 114°59′13″ (BMKB).

Distribution. Oriental Region: Brunei ( ZETTEL & LANE 2010).

Figures

Figs 4–8. 4–6 – Ochterus papaceki sp. nov.,, Arher:4 – body, dorsal view (magnification 27×); 5 – head, frontal view (80×); 6 – paramere, ventral view (magnification 180×). 7 – O. marginatus (Latreille, 1804), head, frontal view (75×) (, Turkey, Tunceli Prov., Ovacik env., NMPC). 8 – O. caffer (Stål, 1855), head, frontal view (70×) (, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ituri, NMPC). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (Fig. 6), 0.5 mm (Figs 5, 7–8), 1 mm (Fig. 4).

Fig. 19. Ochterus caffer (Stål, 1855), female, Sudan: Ed Damazin, 5.20 mm.