Reduvius lasius, Swanson, 2017

Swanson, Daniel R., 2017, Five new replacement names in Reduviidae (Heteroptera), Zootaxa 4341 (2), pp. 291-295 : 293

Reduvius lasius nom. nov.

= Reduvius villosus Fabricius, 1794: 194 . Junior secondary homonym of Reduvius villosus ( Thunberg, 1783) . The relevant nomenclatural details for this name are summarized in Table 2.

Senior homonym: Junior homonym: Reduvius villosus ( Thunberg, 1783) Reduvius villosus Fabricius, 1794

1. Linnaeus (1758: 446) described Cimex personatus as a

new species from “Europa”.

2. Fabricius (1775: 730) transferred Cimex personatus Linnaeus, 1758 to his new genus Reduvius , thereby creating the combination Reduvius personatus ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

3. Thunberg (1783: 35) described Cimex villosus as a new species from an unknown locality, referring his species to Stoll’s (1781: 57, pl. XIII, fig. 90) “ De Bonte Ruygpoot ” from Surinam. Note: In Stoll's work, “ De Bonte Ruig-poot ” was actually depicted in fig. 91, although, based on the all black coloration, Thunberg clearly intended the bug depicted in fig. 90, “ De Zwarte Ruigpoot ”.

1. Fabricius (1794: 194) described Reduvius villosus as a new species from “Barbaria” (=Barbary Coast: present-day North Africa).

4. Stål (1855: 345) synonymized Cimex villosus Thunberg, 1783 with Reduvius personatus ( Linnaeus, 1758) .

2. Stål (1868: 124) transferred Reduvius villosus Fabricius, 1794 to the genus Opsicoetus Klug, 1830 , thereby creating the combination Opsicoetus villosus ( Fabricius, 1794) . However, Burmeister (1835: 234) had synonymized the genus Opsicoetus with Reduvius , and this synonymy has been followed by nearly all subsequent authors.

5. Puton (1875: 96) transferred Cimex villosus Thunberg, 1783 to the genus Reduvius Fabricius, 1775 , resulting in the combination Reduvius villosus ( Thunberg, 1783) .

Fabricius’ (1794) name is a junior secondary homonym ( ICZN 1999, Art. 57.3), and it is here rejected. No junior synonyms exist for this taxon ( Putshkov & Putshkov 1987, 1996; Maldonado 1990), and a new substitute name is required under Art. 60 ( ICZN 1999). Therefore, I propose Reduvius lasius nom. nov. for Reduvius villosus Fabricius, 1794 . The new epithet is derived from the Greek adjective λάσῐος, -α, -ον, Latinized lasius , - a, - um, ‘shaggy, woolly’ and reflects the hairiness highlighted in the original epithet.