Microvelia (Pseudovelia) lansburyi Hoberlandt, 1956

Kment, Petr & Kolínová, Zdislava, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 821-890 : 844

Microvelia (Pseudovelia) lansburyi Hoberlandt, 1956

Microvelia (Pseudovelia) lansburyi Hoberlandt, 1956: 181–184 , Figs 1 –9 (original description).

Ten paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J apter.): GBG. / 239. F [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 26. xi. 1951 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] J / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (J apter.): ‘GBG. / 339.C [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 29. viii. 1951 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] J / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det.L. Hoberlandt,19[p]54 [hw, red label]’. (Left antenna, right fore and hind leg, and male genitalia dissected and stored in a set of three microslides attached to pieces of card and placed on the same pin).

PARATYPE (J apter.): ‘GBG. / 566.C [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 28. v. 1952 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] J / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (J apter.): ‘GBG. / 585.A [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 29. v. 1952 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] J / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’. (Antenna and all legs on the left side and male genitalia dissected and stored in a set of three microslides attached to pieces of card and placed on the same pin).

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): GBG. / 269. B [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 29. v. 1951 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] ♀ / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): ‘GBG. / 339. C. [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 29. viii. 1951 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] ♀ / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): ‘GBG. / 443.F. [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 1. xii. 1951 [hw] /A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] ♀ / Microvelia / (Stenovelia sbg. n.) / lansburyi sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): ‘GBG. / 478. E. [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 28. xii. 1951 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] ♀ / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): ‘GBG. / 585. A [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 29. v. 1951 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] ♀ / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): ‘GBG. / 607. G. [hw, vertical lines] / CAPE PROVINCE / Great Berg River [p] / 9. ix. 1952 [hw] / A. D. Harrison / C.S.I.R. Stream Survey [p] // Paratypus [p] ♀ / Microvelia / (Stenovelia) / lansburyi sbg. sp. n. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]54 [hw, red label]’.

Current status. Valid species: Pseudovelia (Pseudovelia) lansburyi ( Hoberlandt, 1956) (see ANDERSEN 1983).

Figures

Figs 1−4. Type labels of Ludvík Hoberlandt. 1−2 – Velia rhadamantha Hoberlandt, 1941, holotypus, characteristic style of labels in the 1940s; 3−4 – Sigara samani Hoberlandt, 1952, characteristic labels for the 1950s and later period. (Photos: L. Macháčková).