Reduvius reuteri 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

Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893

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Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893:265 (original description).Junior homonym of Reduvius (Harpiscus) reuteri Distant, 1879: 125 . Synonymized with Acanthaspis (now Neotrichedocla ) quadrisignata Stål, 1855 , by JEANNEL (1919: 209).

Reduvius reuteri : LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1896): 100 (catalogue).

Reduvius Reuterianus Kirkaldy, 1909a: 388 , new substitute name for Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893 .

Type locality. ‘Africa centralis (HOLUB)’ [= Southern and southern-central Africa between Cape Town and Kafue River, Zambia].

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: 1 ( HNHM), ‘Holub [p, pink label] // Reuteri Horv. [Horváth’s hw, underlined in red hw] / det. Horváth [p] // 4-signata [Horváth’s hw] / det. Horváth [p] // Edocla / quadrisignata Stål [Horváth’s hw]’ (pinned through scutellum, flagellum of left, distiflagellum of right antenna, left fore and hind legs, right middle leg, tarsi of left middle and right hind legs lacking) ( Figs 23–26 ).

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Neotrichedocla quadrisignata ( Stål, 1855) (synonymized by JEANNEL 1919: 209, hereby confirmed).

Distribution of Neotrichedocla quadrisignata . Angola ( HESSE 1925, as Trichedocla quadrisignata); Botswana (SCHUMACHER 1913, as Edocla quadrisignata ; KRÜGER & DECKERT 2006); Cameroon ( SCHOUTEDEN 1931, as Trichedocla quadrisignata); Democratic Republic of the Congo ( SCHOUTEDEN 1931, as Edocla quadrisignata ); Namibia ( HESSE 1925, as Trichedocla quadrisignata; REAVELL 2000); South Africa ( STÅL 1855, as Acanthaspis 4-signata, type locality in Natal; REAVELL 2000), Zimbabwe ( MILLER 1953, as Trichedocla quadrisignata; REAVELL 2000).

Remarks. HORVÁTH (1893) described the species based on an unspecified number of males. A single male syntype ( Figs 23–26 ) is deposited in the HNHM.

The confused nomenclatural history involving the names Acanthaspis dubius Walker, 1873, Acanthaspis dubia Reuter, 1881, Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893 , Acanthaspis reuteri Letherry & Severin, 1896 , Reduvius reuterianus Kirkaldy, 1909 , Acanthaspis reuteri Schouteden, 1909 , Acanthaspis reuterianus Schouteden, 1909, and Acanthaspis reuteriellus Schouteden, 1931 (see JEANNEL 1919, HESSE 1925, SCHOUTEDEN 1931, MALDONADO CAPRILES 1990), was correctly resolved by KERZHNER (1992: 53).

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).