Physopelta (Physopelta) albofasciata ( DeGeer, 1773 )

Stehlík, Jaroslav L., 2013, Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 505-584 : 513-516

Physopelta (Physopelta) albofasciata ( DeGeer, 1773)

( Figs 13–15 )

Cimex albo-fasciatus DeGeer, 1773: 335 , Pl. XXXIV: Fig. 1. SYNTYPE (s): ‘Indes’ (lost?).

Note. DeGeer’s collection is deposited in NHRS ( HORN et al. 1990: 87); however, there is no specimen of this species preserved in DeGeer’s collection (G. Lindberg, pers. comm.).

Cimex Albo-fasciatus : GOEZE (1778): 270 –271 (diagnosis).

Cimex albofasciatus: FABRICIUS (1781) : 364 (diagnosis, erroneous distribution); FABRICIUS (1787): 299 (diagnosis).

Cimex erythromelas Gmelin, 1790: 2171 (diagnosis, Cimex albofasciatus considered synonym of C. erythromelas ). SYNTYPE (s): Suriname (lost?).

Lygaeus albofasciatus: FABRICIUS (1794) : 153 (new combination, diagnosis, distribution).

Lygaeus albofasciatus: FABRICIUS (1803) : 221 (catalogue, distribution).

Physopelta erythrocephala Amyot & Serville, 1843: 271–272 (description, distribution).

SYNTYPES (1 ♂ 1 ♀): Indonesia, Java (NHMW, H. Zettel, pers. comm.) .

Synonymized by STÅL (1861: 390).

Physopelta affinis Amyot & Serville, 1843: 272 (description, distribution).

HOLOTYPE (♂): Indonesia, Java (NHMW, H. Zettel, pers. comm.).

Synonymized by STÅL (1861: 390).

Physopelta albofasciata: STÅL (1861) : 195 (list of species).

Physopelta albo-fasciata: STÅL (1863) : 390 (catalogue, new synonyms, distribution); STÅL (1870): 101 (catalogue, distribution).

Physopelta albofasciata: WALKER (1873) : 18 (key, catalogue, distribution); LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894): 241 (catalogue, distribution); BREDDIN (1901b): 139 (distribution), DISTANT (1903b): 251 (catalogue, distribution); BREDDIN (1905): 205, 215 (distribution, zoogeography);. TAEUBER (1927): 174 (distribution); HUSSEY (1929): 29 (catalogue, distribution); BLÖTE (1931): 99 (distribution); SCHMIDT (1931): 46 (distribution); RÉDEI et al. (2009): 12 (distribution); HUA (2000): 187 (listed, distribution).

Physopelta (Physopelta) albofasciata: VOIGT (2006) : 223–224 (key, distribution).

Material examined. MALAYSIA: MALAYAN PENINSULA: KEDAH: West Coast, Langkawi Is. , 26.iv.1928, 1 ♂, ex. F.M.S. Museum, P. Kment det. ( BMNH). – PAHANG: Tioman Island , road Kampong Terek-K. Juara , 0–400 m a.s.l., 4.–16.iii.1981, 2♀♀, De Hauk lgt. ( ISNB, NHMW). – SELANGOR – PAHANG: The Gato, 2,700 ft [= 823 m a.s.l.], i.1915, 1 ♂, ex F.M.S.Museum, P.Kment det.( BMNH). KALIMANTAN: SABAH: Bettotan,near Sandakan, 20.vii.1927, ex F.M.S. Museum, 1 ♀, P. Kment det. ( BMNH) ; Samawang, near Sandakan , jungle, 13.vii.1927, ex F.M.S. Museum, 1 ♀, P. Kment det. ( BMNH) ; Sandakan District, Rumidi, R. Labuk , 16.–30.ix.1973, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, C. Pruett lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH) ; Banguey b. Borneo, no date, 1 ♀, Taeuber coll., P. Kment det. ( BMNH). – SARAWAK: Bidi , iii.1909, 1 ♂, C. J. Brooks lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH) ; Tringos , 27.ii.1909, C. J. Brooks lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH) ; Semongok, light trap, xi.1967, 1 ♀, coll. G. H. L. Rothschild, P. Kment det. ( BMNH). – INDONESIA / MALAYSIA: Borneo , no date, 1 ♀, no collector, P.Kment det.( MNHN). – INDONESIA: BALI: Bali, 2♂♂, W.Doherty lgt., P. Kment det. ( BMNH) ; Beduqul Distr., Tamblingquan Lake, Nat. Res. , 1,200 m a.s.l., iii.2004, 1 ♀ ( ISNB), xi.2004, 2 ♀♀ ( ISNB, NHMW) ; 1,300 m a.s.l., iv.2004, 1 ♀ ( ISNB), i.–ii. 2005, 1 ♀ ( ISNB), v.2005, 9 ♀♀ ( ISNB, NHMW), all S. Jákl lgt. – JAVA: Java, 1898, 1 ♀, coll. Noualhier, P. Kment det. ( MNHN). JAWA BARAT PROVINCE: Bibidjilan, Mts.Djampangs , vii.1936, 5 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, no collector ( ISNB) ; Bibidjilan, Mts. Djampangs, Radjamundala , 1,200 m a.s.l., x.1936, 6 ♂♂ 7 ♀♀, no collector ( ISNB) ; Bibidjilan , 10.xii.1937, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 20.xii.1937, 1 ♀, both M. E. Walsch lgt. ( HNHM) ; Tjikarangtenah , Gg. Djampang: 6.xi.1937, 3♂♂ 1♀, M.E.Walsch lgt.( ZMHB) ; Goenoeng Gedogan [= Gunung Gedogan], 2,000 ft [= 610 m a.s.l.], 8.ii.1937, 1 ♀, M. E.Walsch lgt. ( HNHM) ; Palabuan, 1898, 1♂, coll. Noualhier, P. Kment det.( MNHN) ; Soekaboemi [= Sukabumi], no date, 3 ♂♂ 1♀, Dr. F. Weber lgt. ( HNHM) ; Sukabumi, 2,000 ft [= 610 m a.s.l.], 1893, 1 ♂, H. Frühstorfer lgt., coll. Noualhier, P.Kment det. ( NMPC) ; Volcan Gédé, 1898, 1♂ 2♀♀, coll. Noualhier, P.Kment det. ( MNHN). – JAWA TIMUR PROVINCE: Malang , no date, 1♀, no collector ( ZSMC). – KALIMANTAN: KALIMANTAN TIMUR PROVINCE: Balikpapan , 1♂, Dr.Mohler lgt.( HNHM). – MENTAWAI ISLANDS: Siberut , ix.1924, 1♂, C.B.K. & N.S. lgt., P. Kment det.( BMNH) ; Siberut 12.ix.1924, 1♀, H.H.Karny lgt., P. Kment det.( BMNH) ; S. Siberut , Salappa , 50 m a.s.l., ii.2006, 2 ♂♂, S. Jákl lgt. ( ISNB, NHMW). – SUMATRA: ACEH PROVINCE: Banda [Aceh], 50 m a.s.l., 7.ii.1994, 1 ♀, E. Diehl lgt. ( ZSMC). BENGKULU PROVINCE: Benkaelen [ = Bengkulu ], Morang Liwa , no date, 1 ♀, no collector, P. Kment det. ( MNHN). SUMATERA BARAT: Mt. Singgalang , Annai valley , Nat. Res., 500– 1,000 m a.s.l., iv.2005, 2 ♀♀, S. Jákl lgt.( ISNB, NHMW). SUMATERA UTARA PROVINCE: near Brastagi , Air Panas , Desa Semangat Ganung, hotel , 03°13′27″N 98°30′48″E, 1.350 m a.s.l., 1.–2.iii.2002, 1 ♂, T. Kothe lgt. ( ZSMC) ; Dolok Ulu, Kora Kora , at light, 20.ix.1979, 1 ♀, Ebner lgt. ( EHIA) ; Lampung Krui , Pahmungan , Damar garden , 6.xi.2001, 1♂, K. Smets lgt.( ISNB) ; Sidikalang , 1,250 m a.s.l., 15.–16.ii.2002, 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, T. Kothe lgt. ( ZSMC) ; Simarjarunjung near Lac Toba , 02°50′11″N 98°46′20″E, 1,700 m, 18.ii.1999, 1 ♀, Buchbaum lgt. ( ZSMC) ; Sipirok, 11.iv.1994, 1 ♀, E. Diehl lgt. ( ZSMC). – PHILIPPINES: PALAWAN: Paragua [= Palawan], no date, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, no collector, P. Kment det. ( MNHN) .

Distribution. Thailand (Pattani Region) ( DISTANT 1903b), Malaysia (Malayan Peninsula: Kedah (Langkawi Islands), Johor, Pahang (Tioman Island), Selangor; Kalimantan: Sarawak, Sabah (incl. Banguey Island)) ( WALKER 1873: Mount Ophir; BREDDIN 1901b, 1905; VOIGT 2006, no details; this paper), Indonesia (Bali, East Kalimantan, Java, Mentawai Islands: Siberut, Sumatra) ( AMYOT & SERVILLE 1843, as Ph. affinis , Ph. erythrocephala ; WALKER 1873; BREDDIN 1901b; BLÖTE 1931; SCHMIDT 1931; this paper), Philippines (Palawan) ( BREDDIN 1901b, 1905; this paper).

FABRICIUS (1781, 1794, 1803) and GOEZE (1790) recorded the species from Surinam in error. Old records of Physopelta albofasciata from China, Japan (e.g., MATSUMURA 1905, HUA 2000), and Taiwan, refer either to Ph. cincticollis or to Ph. parviceps ( KERZHNER 2001) . The occurrence of Ph. albofasciata in Taiwan was not confirmed recently ( RÉDEI et al. 2009). MATSUMURA (1905) listed the species from India with a question mark (it was also listed in this way by HUSSEY (1929)) and its distribution in India is mentioned by VOIGT (2006); however, such a record was not confirmed by a study of extensive museum materials, and it is not probable.

Figures

Figs 13–16.13–15 – Physopelta (Physopelta) robusta Stål, 1863: 13–14 – head and pronotum (13 – male, 14 – female), 15 – apex of male protibia. 16 – Physopelta (Physopelta) biguttata Stål, 1870. (Photos: L. Dembický).

Figs 1–5. Physopelta (Physopelta) robusta Stål, 1863, male. 1 – fore coxae and trochanters (magnification 47×), 2 – detail of procoxa and basal portion of trochanter (stridulatoty process marked with white arrow) (70×), 3 – external scent efferent system (40×), 4 – detail of osti- ole and peritreme (140×), 5 – ventral surface of profemur (23×). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (Fig. 4), 0.5 mm (Figs 1–3), 1 mm (Fig. 5). (SEM micrographs: P. Kment).