Physopelta (Afrophysopelta) rufialata Cachan, 1952

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 : 564

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scientific name	Physopelta (Afrophysopelta) rufialata Cachan, 1952
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Physopelta (Afrophysopelta) rufialata Cachan, 1952 View in CoL

Physopelta rufialata Cachan, 1952: 72–73 View in CoL , pl. V: fig. 2 (key, description, figures, distribution).

SYNTYPES: ♂ ♀, Madagascar: Ambohitsitondroina , Maroantsetra (both east Madagascar), and Tananarive [= Antananarivo] (central Madagascar) ( MNHN).

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: ♂, ‘Ambohitsitondroina [hw] / Inst. Scient. Madagascar [p] / III-49 Vadon [hw, white label’ // ‘Maroantsetra’ [p, white label] // ‘Museum Paris’ [p, light blue label] // ‘TYPE’ [p, red label] // ‘ Physopelta / rufialata / n. sp. / Cachan det.’ [hw, white label] ( MNHN). Specimen pinned through pronotum, right antenna, mesotarsus, and hind leg, and left antennomere 4, middle leg, and metatarsus missing.

? SYNTYPE: ♀, ‘MUSEUM PARIS / MADAGASCAR / TANANARIVE / COLL:NOUALHIER 1898’ [p, greyish label] / ‘Physopelta’ [hw, white label] ( MNHN). Specimen pinned through scutellum, only left antennomere 4 missing.

Distribution. Central and East Madagascar ( CACHAN 1952).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Largidae
Genus	Physopelta