Catadipson Breddin, 1903

Kment, Petr, 2005, Revision of Mahea Distant, 1909, with a review of the Acanthosomatidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of Madagascar and Seychelles, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 45, pp. 21-50 : 38-39

Catadipson Breddin, 1903

Catadipson Breddin, 1903: 90 (description). Type species: Catadipson aper Breddin, 1903 , by monotypy.

Catadipson: BREDDIN (1906) : 198 -199 (taxonomy).

Catadipson: BERGROTH (1908) : 192 (catalogue).

Catadipson: KIRKALDY (1909) : 170 (catalogue).

Irsmia Cachan, 1952: 310 (description, figures). Type species: Irsmia imernensis Cachan, 1952 , by original designation (syn. LESTON 1953).

Catadipson: LESTON (1953) : 124 -125, Figs. 1-3, 5 (p. 125) (taxonomy, morphology).

Catadipson: KUMAR (1974) : 43, Figs. 75-76 (p. 38), 77 (p. 50) (diagnosis, figures).

Distribution. Three described species are distributed in tropical Africa: Catadipson aper Breddin, 1903 from Equatorial Guinea ( Fernando Póo Island) ( BREDDIN 1903), Angola ( LESTON 1953) and Ivory Coast ( SCHOUTEDEN 1964a); C. sus Breddin, 1906 from Togo ( BREDDIN 1906) and Ivory Coast ( SCHOUTEDEN 1964a); and C. imernensis ( Cachan, 1952) from Madagascar ( CACHAN 1952).

Figures

Figs. 1-5. Mahea sexualis Distant, 1909. 1 – head, dorsal view; 2 – pronotum, dorsal view; 3 – pronotum, posterior view; 4 – abdomen of male (lectotype), ventral view; 5 – abdomen of female (paralectotype), ventral view.