Smiliorhachis proxima

Marino, Ana M., Lenicov, De Remes, Mariani, Roxana, Scelsio, Natalia & Gutierrez, Alejandra, 2010, Membracidae types (Hemiptera-Membracoidea) housed at the Museo de La Plata entomological collection (Argentina), Zootaxa 2566, pp. 21-38 : 26

proxima , Smiliorachis Berg

( Figs. 13, 14 )

1883. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina, XVI, 292–293.

Lectotype, male (numbered 566), MLP no 1754/1; Uruguay, Banda Oriental; date unknown; Berg coll. Paralectotype, female (numbered 566), MLP nº 1754/3; same data as lectotype. Paralectotypes (4), males (2) (1754/4 numbered 407), females (2) (1754/5 numbered 407), MLP no. 1754/4-7; same data as lectotype.

Remarks: All the specimens labelled as “ typus ” by Berg (1745/3-7), here are considered as paralectotypes (ICZN, art. 74.1.1).

The paralectotypes 1754/4-6 have genitalia dissected in vials with glycerine. The lectotype (specimen 1745/1) and paralectotype 1754/3 are on the same pin.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 14. Subfamily Darninae. 9 – 10, Pyranthe acaciae Berg. Syntype female 1750 / 4: 9, lateral view; 10, frontal view; 11 – 12, Pyranthe frustatoria Berg. Syntype female 1752 / 1: 11, lateral view; 12, frontal view. Subfamily Heteronotinae. 13 – 14, Smiliorhachis proxima Berg. Lectotype male 1754 / 1: 13, lateral view; 14, frontal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.