Ectomocoris bimaculatus Schouteden, 1909

Swanson, Daniel R., 2019, Doomed to a vile lot: new taxa, notes, and an updated generic key for the Old World corsairs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae), Zootaxa 4700 (2), pp. 196-228 : 218

Ectomocoris bimaculatus Schouteden, 1909

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AFRICA: [ GHANA:] Gold Coast: Akuse Rest House, 8 July 1950, L. Berner, det. D. R. Swanson 2017 [1 ind. (abd. missing) (UMMZ); idem. 9 July 1950 [2 males] (UMMZ) [imaged] (NEW COUNTRY RECORD).

Note: Schouteden (1909b) proposed Ectomocoris biguttatus as a nomen novum for this species, presumably due to Peirates bimaculatus Audinet-Serville, 1831 , a junior synonym of Ectomocoris fenestratus ( Klug, 1830) . However, Stål (1865) synonymized Peirates bimaculatus directly with Peirates fenestratus Klug, 1830 , meaning the epithet bimaculatus had never been used in Ectomocoris . Thus, Schouteden’s (1909a) original name remains valid and his nomen novum is unnecessary. Both Putshkov & Putshkov (1987) and Maldonado Capriles (1990) followed Schouteden’s (1909b) erroneous treatment.

Figures

FIGURES 15–23. Dorsal habitus of various Peiratinae: (15) Ectomocoris atrox, adult male; (16) Ectomocoris biguttulus, adult male; (17) Ectomocoris bimaculatus, adult male; (18) Ectomocoris fenestratus, adult male; (19) Ectomocoris maculicrus, adult male; (20) Ectomocoris maculicrus var. dispar, adult male; (21) Ectomocoris ornatus, adult male; (22) Ectomocoris patricius, nymph; (23) Ectomocoris quadriguttatus, adult female. Scale bar =2 mm.