Stagonomus venustissimus (Schrank, 1776) Roca-Cusachs & Jung, 2019

Roca-Cusachs, Marcos & Jung, Sunghoon, 2019, Redefining Stagonomus Gorski based on morphological and molecular data (Pentatomidae: Eysarcorini), Zootaxa 4658 (2), pp. 368-374 : 373

Stagonomus venustissimus (Schrank, 1776) new combination

Cimex melanocephalus Fabricius, 1775: 716 (Junior primary homonym of Cimex melanocephalus Linnaeus, 1767 , Miridae ). STS: Great Britain, “Anglia”

Cimex venustissimus Schrank, 1776: 80 (Syn. Wolff 1804: 139). STS: M, F, Austria, Linz; lost.

Pentatoma regalis O.G. Costa, 1834: 71 (Syn. A. Costa 1847: 24, with melanocephalus ). Nomen nudum.

Eysarcoris fabricii Kirkaldi, 1904: 281 . New name for melanocephalus Fabricius, 1775 .

Distr. EUROPE: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Byelorussia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Turkey, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Montenegro, Moldavia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (Central and South European territories), Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine. NORTH AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. ASIA: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Asian Turkey, Georgia, Iran, Israel and Jordania ( Rider 2006, Aukema et al. 2013).

Based on the evidence discovered in this study, we hypothesize that remaining species in the genus Eysarcoris that have simple parameres should be reassessed, and it is possible that several more species may need to be transferred to the genus Stagonomus ; this may require a complete revision of the genus.