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Procilia holosericea Rédei & Tsai 2022, comb. nov.

  • 1. Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang Rd., Taichung 40227, Taiwan. david. redei @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1550 - 2110
  • 2. Department of Biology, National Museum of Natural Science, 1 Kuan-Chian Rd., Taichung 40453, Taiwan. jingfu. tsai @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3076 - 3976

Description

Procilia holosericea (Dohrn, 1863), comb. nov.

(Figs. 73–76)

Scutellera holosericea Dohrn, 1863: 347. Syntype (s): [Indonesia:] Java (in error); ZMPA!

Scutellera holosericea: Walker (1867: 16) (listed, distribution), Stål (1873: 31) (as of doubtful generic placement, listed, distribution), Lethierry & Severin (1893: 21) (as of doubtful generic placement, catalogue, distribution), Schouteden (1904: 23) (as of doubtful generic placement, catalogue, distribution), Kirkaldy (1909: 304) (catalogue, distribution), Tsai et al. (2011: 153) (as of doubtful identity, listed, distribution).

Remarks. Scutellera holosericea was described based on an unspecified number of specimens from Java (Dohrn 1863). The species was omitted by subsequent authors except for taxonomic catalogues; most subsequent authors (Stål 1873, Lethierry & Severin 1893, Schouteden 1904, Tsai et al. 2011) questioned its generic placement or listed it as a species of doubtful identity.A re-examination of a syntype (Figs. 73–78) deposited in ZMPA concluded that the species belongs to the Afrotropical genus Procilia Stål, [1865], therefore the type locality is declared as erroneous, and the combination Procilia holosericea (Dohrn, 1863), comb. nov., is tentatively proposed. The species is likely a junior synonym of P. morgani (White, 1839); however, as we could not examine the type material of the latter species, moreover the genus Procilia is unrevised and currently we are unable to undertake its revision, we leave this problem for a future reviser.

Type material examined. Scutellera holosericea Dohrn, 1863. Syntype: ♀ (?), “ Java \ Mus. Leyden” [hw, with pr black frame], “Type” [red, with pr black frame], “holosericea \ X Dohrn \ Java M.L.” [hw, with pr double black frame], “ Scutellera type. \ holosinica [sic] Dohrn” [hw], “Mus. Zool. Polonicum \ Warszawa \ 12/45”; pinned, right fore, left mid and hind legs, left fore and right mid tarsus, and tibia and tarsus of right hind leg lacking, terminalia missing, head with right scape glued to card and pinned with the specimen, left scape and pedicel glued to the same card; ZMPA (Figs. 73–78).

Notes

Published as part of Rédei, Dávid & Tsai, Jing-Fu, 2022, A revision of Scutellera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 5092 (1) on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5869434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rédei & Tsai
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Scutelleridae
Genus
Procilia
Species
holosericea
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Procilia holosericea (Dohrn, 1863) sec. Rédei & Tsai, 2022

References

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  • Walker, F. (1867) Catalogue of the specimens of Heteropterous-Hemiptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 240 pp.
  • Stal, C. (1873) Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en forteckning ofver alla hittills kanda Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 3. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar Neue Folge, 11 (2), 1 - 163.
  • Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. (1893) Catalogue general des Hemipteres. Tome I. Heteropteres, Pentatomidae. F. Hayez, Bruxelles, x + 286 pp.
  • Schouteden, H. (1904) Heteroptera, fam. Pentatomidae, subfam. Scutellerinae. Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 24. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, 98 pp., 5 pls.
  • Kirkaldy, G. W. (1909) Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera), with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Vol. I. Cimicidae. F. L. Dames, Berlin, XL + 392 pp.
  • Tsai, J. F., Redei, D., Yeh, G. F. & Yang, M. M. (2011) Jewel bugs of Taiwan (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 309 pp.
  • White, A. (1839) Description of two hemipterous insects. Magazine of Natural History, New Series, 3 (35), 537 - 543.