Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2021, Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 745, pp. 1-69 : 6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.745.1311

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C85E664-6DE6-442A-9410-D94254E429F5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4690264

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE301C0D-F861-FF8E-FDC0-8BE672D4FA0E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910
status

 

Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910 View in CoL

Fig. 5F–G View Fig

Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910: 13 View in CoL (original description).

Dioclerus praefectus View in CoL – Distant 2010b: 279, fig. 151 (descr.). — Stonedahl,1988: 13–14 (redescr.).

Diagnosis

Similar to D. lutheri in coloration but differs from that species in having long antennal segments, particularly segment I 1.1× as long as head width, segment II 1.25× as long as basal width of pronotum.

Material examined

Lectotype

SRI LANKA • 1 specimen, sex unknown; Ceylon , Peradeniya; 7.263° N, 80.603° E; 497 m a.s.l.; 18 Dec.; Distant collection 1911-383; AMNH_PBI 00340384 ; NHM. GoogleMaps

Distribution

Sri Lanka.

Remarks

This species is known only from the lectotype, which is in poor condition and missing the right antenna, metathorax, wings, all legs except left hind one, and abdomen.

NHM

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Dioclerus

Loc

Dioclerus praefectus Distant, 1910

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V. 2021
2021
Loc

Dioclerus praefectus

Stonedahl G. M. 1988: 13
1988
Loc

Dioclerus praefectus

Distant W. L. 1910: 13
1910
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