Medocostidae, Stys, 1967

Kment, Petr, Baňař, Petr, Bílý, Svatopluk, Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique, Polhemus, Dan A. & Schuh, Randall T., 2019, In memoriam of Professor Pavel Štys (1933 - 2018): biography, memories, bibliography and list of described taxa, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 59 (2), pp. 351-379 : 374

Family Medocostidae

Medocostes Štys, 1967c: 441 . Type species: Medocostes lestoni Štys, 1967 . Gender:masculine (original designation).Current status:Valid taxon (see e.g. KERZHNER 1989, SCHUH & SLATER 1995).

Medocostes carayoni Štys, 1967c:462 . Holotype: ♀, Democratic Republic of the Congo:ʻCongo, Mayidi (alt.approx. 600 m, situated between Léopoldville [= Kinshasa] 4.18 S., 15.18 E. and Thysville 5.16 S., 14.53 E. …)’ (MRAC). Current status: Junior subjective synonym of Medocostes lestoni Štys, 1967 ( KERZHNER 1989: 150).

Medocostes lestoni Štys, 1967c: 457 . Holotype: ♀, Ghana: Tafo (6.15 N., 0.20 W.)’ (MNHN). Current status: Valid taxon (see KERZHNER 1989) ( Fig. 9 ).

Medocostidae Štys, 1967c: 439 . Type genus: Medocostes Štys, 1967 . Current status:Valid taxon.Treated as subgroup of the Velocipedidae ( KERZHNER 1971) , as subfamily of Nabidae ( CARAYON 1970; KERZHNER 1981, 1989), or recently as valid family (SCHUH & ŠTYS 1991, SCHUH & SLATER 1995, SCHUH et al. 2009, GOSSNER & DAMKEN 2018, YAMADA et al. 2018).

Figures

Fig. 9. Medocostes cf. lestoni Štys, 1967, female from Cameroon, Nkolbisson, 11.iv.1965, lgt.B. de Miré, coll.MNHN.10.2 mm.Photo:M.Tkoč.