Tauberella hirta ( Blöte, 1933 ) Stehlík & Jindra, 2008

Stehlík, Jaroslav L. & Jindra, Zdeněk, 2008, New taxa of the Largidae and Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Oriental Region, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48 (2), pp. 611-648 : 630-631

Tauberella hirta ( Blöte, 1933) comb. nov.

( Fig. 22 )

Delacampius hirtus Blöte, 1933: 558 .

Delacampius hirtus: STEHLÍK & KERZHNER (1999) : 122 (generic placement); CASSIS & GROSS (2002): 625 (catalogue, distribution, ecology).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, AUSTRALIA: NORTHERN TERRITORY: Darwin ( BMNH).

Taxonomic note. Reexamination of the holotype revealed that this species does not belong to the genus Delacampius , but to Tauberella Schmidt, 1932 , sharing the following essential characters of the latter genus: callar lobe distinctly hairy and strongly gibbous with ornamental impressions, and strongly constricted basally compared with the pronotal lobe; the latter without lateral margins. Thus, we establish the following new combination: Tauberella hirta ( Blöte, 1933) comb. nov.

Comparative note. CASSIS & GROSS (2002) mentioned that Delacampius hirtus also occurs in New Guinea. However, the New Guinea Tauberella belongs to another species, T. papuensis Schmidt, 1932 . Both species differ in the following characters: T. papuensis ( Fig. 23 ) has the corium blackish brown except the costal margin, the adjacent part of the corial cleft and a narrow stripe parallel with the apical margin of the corium pale, impressions on the callar lobe are more distinct, and the pubescence slightly shorter than in T. hirta . In T. hirta ( Fig. 22 ), the corium is pale with the median black spot coalescent with the black stripe running along the claval suture.

Distribution. Australia, Northern Territory ( BLÖTE 1933, CASSIS & GROSS 2002).

Figures

Figs.22-23. Habitus.22 – Tauberella hirta (Blöte, 1933) (J, 8.0 mm); 23 – T. papuensis Schmidt, 1932 (J, 8.0 mm). Photo: L. Dembický.