Aspilocoryphus fraternus Distant

Kondorosy, El Ő D, Lyal, Christopher Henry Coutts & Webb, Michael Donald, 2006, Nomenclatorial changes in Oriental Lygaeinae seed bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), Zootaxa 1383, pp. 45-56 : 49-50

Aspilocoryphus fraternus Distant

A. fraternus Distant, 1918a: 180 ; Slater, 1964: 31.

New placement: junior synonym of Aspilocoryphus orientale ( Distant, 1903) , syn. nov.

Material examined. Syntypes. 1ɗ, 1Ψ Aspilocoryphus fraternus Distant , with the following labels: 1. Museum circular red-margined label with “ TYPE ” pr; 2. “ Aspilocoryphus fraternus Dist. type ”, hwr; 3. “Nandidrug S. India T. V. Campbell”, hwr; 4. “68”, hwr; 5. “S. India E. A. Butler 1915-60,” pr.

Other material, syntypes (?) (see “Introduction—Distant’s Indian types from T.V. Campbell”).

2ɗɗ (on same mount), with the following labels: 1. “Nandidrug S. India J. V. Campbell” hwr; 2. “89” hwr; 3. “ Aspilocoryphus fraternus Dist ” hwr; 4. “Ex Coll. E. A. Butler B. M. 1926-171.” pr. 5. “89 BC” hwr on reverse of specimen mount.

2ɗɗ, 2ΨΨ (on same mount), with the following labels: 1. “South India T. V. Campbell Coll. B. M. 1930-599.” pr; 5, “N. D. 9. 15.” hwr on reverse of specimen mount.

3ɗɗ, 1Ψ, with the following labels: 1. “South India T. V. Campbell Coll. B. M. 1930- 599.” pr; 2. “N. D. 9. 15.” hwr on reverse of specimen mount.

2ɗɗ, with the following labels: 1. “ Aspilocoryphus fraternus Dist ” hwr; 2. “South India T. V. Campbell Coll. B. M. 1930-599.” pr; 3. “N. D. 9. 15.” hwr on reverse of specimen mount.

2ɗɗ, 2ΨΨ, with the following labels: 1. “3762 A. fraternus, Nandi Hill ” hwr, “Nilgiri Hills” pr [but crossed through], “S. India T. V. Campbell” pr; 2. “South India T. V.

Campbell Coll. B. M. 1930-599.” pr; 3. “N. D. 9. 15.” hwr on reverse of specimen mount. 1ɗ, 1Ψ, with the following labels: 1. “South India T. V. Campbell Coll. B. M. 1930- 599.” pr; 2. “N. D. 10. 13.” hwr on reverse of specimen mount.

Remarks. Originally described from an unspecified number of specimens from “South India; Nandidrug (T.V. Campbell).”. Based on the registration dates, only the first mentioned of the above material predates Distant’s description of the species. It is possible however that other syntypes may be present (see “Introduction - Distant’s Indian types from T.V. Campbell”).