Gerris paludum palmonii Wagner, 1954

Kment, Petr & Kolínová, Zdislava, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 821-890 : 863

Gerris paludum palmonii Wagner, 1954

Gerris paludum palmonii Wagner, 1954: 205–207 , Figs 1–3 (upper row), 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 (original description).

Two paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J brach.): ‘Tabgha 24.8.42 / (Genezareth Sea) [hw] / Palestina / J. Houška lg. [p] // Gerris (Aquarius) / [hw] 19[p]51 paludum Fab. [hw] / L. Hoberlandt det. [p] J [hw] // PARATYPOID [p] / G. paludum / palmonii n. sbsp. [hw] / F. Wagner det. [p, pink label]’.

PARATYPE (♀ brach.): ‘Tabgha 24.8.42 / (Genezareth sea) [hw] / Palestina / J. Houška lg. [p] // Gerris (Aquarius) / [hw] 19[p]51 paludum Fab. [hw] / L. Hoberlandt det. [p] ♀ [hw] // PARATYPOID [p] / G. paludum / palmonii n. sbsp. [hw] / F. Wagner det. [p, pink label]’.

Current status. Junior synonym of Aquarius paludum paludum (Fabricius, 1794) (see POISSON 1965b; KANYUKOVA 1982; ANDERSEN 1990, 1995a,b; DAMGAARD et al. in press).

Figures

Figs 1−4. Type labels of Ludvík Hoberlandt. 1−2 – Velia rhadamantha Hoberlandt, 1941, holotypus, characteristic style of labels in the 1940s; 3−4 – Sigara samani Hoberlandt, 1952, characteristic labels for the 1950s and later period. (Photos: L. Macháčková).