Poeantius brevicollis Breddin, 1907

Kondorosy, Előd & Rédei, Dávid, 2015, Lectotype designations and taxonomic corrections on species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin, Zootaxa 3964 (1), pp. 101-113 : 110-111

Poeantius brevicollis Breddin, 1907

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Poeantius brevicollis Breddin, 1907b: 207 . Syntypes: ♂, ♀, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]: Trincomalee and Negombo; depository not stated.

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Poeantius lineatus Stål, 1874 ; synonymized by Distant (1910: 75).

Type material examined. Lectotype (present designation): ♀, “Negombo / CeylonHorn”; mounted on card, left antennal segment IV, both fore legs, left mid and hind legs lacking (Hemi-00046, DEIC) ( Figs. 35–36 ). Paralectotype: “Trincomalee / CeylonHorn”; segments III–IV of left and II–IV of right antenna, left mid tarsi, right mid and both hind legs lacking (1 ♀, Hemi-00045, DEIC).

Remarks. According to the original description some of the syntypes are males. Since no male could be located it can be stated with certainty that some of the specimens (paralectotypes) remain undiscovered. The synonymy of P. brevicollis and P. lineatus proposed by Distant (1910) is hereby confirmed.

Figures

FIGURES 26 – 36. Type specimens of Rhyparochromidae species described by G. Breddin. Fig. 26, Dieuches nudipes Breddin, 1906, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 27, same, lateral view; Fig. 28, same, label; Fig. 29, Dieuches schultheissi Breddin, 1906, holotype, dorsal view; Fig. 30, same, lateral view; Fig. 31, same, labels; Fig. 32, Dieuches villosulus Breddin, 1906, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 33, same, lateral view; Fig. 34, same, label; Fig. 35, Poeantius brevicollis Breddin, 1907, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 36, same, label. © DEIC. Scales in mm.