Lestomerus atrocyaneus Villiers, 1954

Liu, Yingqi, Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique, Guilbert, Eric & Cai, Wanzhi, 2022, Catalogue of type specimens of Peiratinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) preserved in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Zootaxa 5110 (1), pp. 1-85 : 32

Lestomerus atrocyaneus Villiers, 1954

Original data: “ Mission G. F. DE WITTE: Kaswabilenga (700 m), 1-19.XI.1947 (type); Kankunda, affl. g. de la Lupiala (1.300 m), 13-27.XI.1947; Kateke, affl. de la Muovwe (960 m), 23.XI-5.XII.1947; 8 mâles macroptères, 7 femelles microptères” ( Villiers 1954: 34–35) .

Types: Paratype 1 ♂: “ PARATYPE ” // “ Congo belge, P.N.U. Kankunda (1.300 m.) 19-24- XI- 1947 Mis. G. F. de Witte. 984a” ( Fig. 25 ) .

Paratype 1 ♀: same label information as above ( Fig. 26 ).

Paratypes 1 ♂, 1 ♀: same label information as above.

Type locality: Kaswabilenga [ DR Congo].

Current status: Valid species.

Remarks: The holotype and seven other paratypes are preserved in RMCA.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Paratype ♂ of Lestomerus atrocyaneus Villiers, 1954. Scale bar: 3 mm.

FIGURE 26. Paratype ♀ of Lestomerus atrocyaneus Villiers, 1954. Scale bar: 3 mm.