Oxycarenus musculus Breddin, 1907

Kondorosy, Előd & Rédei, Dávid, 2015, Lectotype designations and taxonomic corrections on species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin, Zootaxa 3964 (1), pp. 101-113 : 105

Oxycarenus musculus Breddin, 1907

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Oxycarenus musculus Breddin, 1907b: 219 . Syntypes: ♂, ♀, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]: Trincomalee and Anuradhapura; depository not stated.

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Oxycarenus bicolor Fieber, 1852 (synonymized by Horváth 1926: 136).

Type material examined. Lectotype (present designation): ♂, “ Ceylon / W. Horn”, “Anu- / radhapura”, “Coll. Breddin” (Hemi-00041, DEIC). Paralectotypes: with labels identical with those of lectotype (1 ♀, Hemi- 0 0 0 40, DEIC); “Trincomalee / Ceylon Horn”, “ Oxycarenus / lugubris Motsch. ” [Breddin’s hw], “Coll. Breddin” (1 ♀, Hemi-00039 DEIC) ( Figs. 11–12 ).

Remarks. The species was described from an unspecified number of specimens from two localities in Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]. Specimens from both localities were found in DEIC. Although one of them was identified by Breddin as “ Oxycarenus lugubris Motsch. ”, the specimens fit well with the diagnosis of O. musculus provided by Breddin (1907) therefore they are recognized as syntypes of the latter species, and one of them is designated as lectotype. We confirm the subjective synonymy between O. musculus and O. bicolor proposed by Horváth (1926). Although they are morphologically similar, O. bicolor and O. lugubris are not conspecific.

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FIGURES 4 – 12. Type specimens of Lygaeoidea species described by G. Breddin. Fig. 4, Aspilogeton nubicola Breddin, 1901, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 5, same, lateral view; Fig. 6, same, label; Fig. 7, Pyrrhobaphus scutellatus Breddin, 1907, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 8, same, lateral view; Fig. 9, Aethalotus horni Breddin, 1907, lectotype, dorsal view; Figs. 10 a – b, same, labels; Fig. 11, Oxycarenus musculus Breddin, 1907, female paralectotype (Hemi- 00039 of DEIC), dorsal view; Figs. 12 a – b, same, labels. © DEIC; Figs. 7 – 8 by courtesy of S. Blank. Scales in mm.