Hypselonotus balteatus Horváth, 1893

Kment, Petr & Rédei, Dávid, 2018, A revision of the types of Heteroptera species described by Géza Horváth based on specimens from collections of Ladislav Duda and Emil Holub, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 275-295 : 283

Hypselonotus balteatus Horváth, 1893

( Figs 35–37 )

Hypselonotus balteatus Horváth, 1893: 260 (original description). Hypselonotus balteatus : LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894): 82 (catalogue); WHITEHEAD (1974): 226–228 (variability,new synonymy, distribution); PACKAUSKAS (2010): 128 (catalogue, as synonym of H. interruptus ).

Type locality. ‘Africa centralis (Holub)’ (in error).

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: 1 ♀ ( HNHM), ‘Holub [p, pink label] // balteatus [Horváth’s hw, underlined in red hw] / det. Horváth [p] // Hypselonotus / balteatus Horv [Horváth’s hw]’ (pinned through scutellum, left antenna, tarsi of both fore and left mid leg, right mid and both hind legs lacking, apex of abdomen mutilated) ( Figs 35–37 ).

Current status. Junior synonym of Hypselonotus interruptus Hahn, 1833 (see WHITEHEAD 1974).

Distribution of Hypselonotus interruptus . Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama; South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad, Venezuela ( WHITEHEAD 1974, PACKAUSKAS 2010).

Remarks. This species was described based on an unspecified number of female(s) ( HORVÁTH 1893); a single female syntype is deposited in the HNHM.

Figures

Figs 23–37. Habitus and labels of type and non-type specimens. 23–26 – Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893 [= Neotrichedocla quadrisignata (Stål, 1855)], , syntype. 27–34 – Homoeocerus fuscicornis Horváth, 1893: 27–30 –, syntype; 31–34 – ♀, non-type from HNHM. 35–37 – Hypselonotus balteatus Horváth, 1893 [= H. interruptus Hahn, 1833], ♀, syntype. Scale bars in mm. (Photo: D. Rédei).