Ectomocoris bimaculatus Schouteden, 1909

(Fig. 17)

AFRICA: [GHANA:] Gold Coast: Akuse Rest House, 8 July 1950, L. Berner, det. D. R. Swanson 2017 [1 ind. (abd. missing) (UMMZ); idem. 9 July 1950 [2 males] (UMMZ) [imaged] (NEW COUNTRY RECORD).

Note: Schouteden (1909b) proposed Ectomocoris biguttatus as a nomen novum for this species, presumably due to Peirates bimaculatus Audinet-Serville, 1831, a junior synonym of Ectomocoris fenestratus (Klug, 1830) . However, Stål (1865) synonymized Peirates bimaculatus directly with Peirates fenestratus Klug, 1830, meaning the epithet bimaculatus had never been used in Ectomocoris . Thus, Schouteden’s (1909a) original name remains valid and his nomen novum is unnecessary. Both Putshkov & Putshkov (1987) and Maldonado Capriles (1990) followed Schouteden’s (1909b) erroneous treatment.