Mixotrephes hoberlandti Papáček, Štys & Tonner, 1989

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 : 877-878

Mixotrephes hoberlandti Papáček, Štys & Tonner, 1989

Mixotrephes hoberlandti Papáček, Štys & Tonner, 1989

HOLOTYPE (J brach.): ‘E Afghanistan, Nuristan, Bashgultal , 1300 m, 24.v.1953, leg. J. Klapperich’. (Dry mounted, fully disseceted).

PARATYPES (5 JJ brach., 2 JJ macr., 9 ♀♀ brach., 1 ♀ macr., 5 larvae (1 instar 4, 4 instar 5): ‘E Afghanistan, Nuristan, Bashgultal, 1300 m, 24.v.1953, leg. J. Klapperich’.

PARATYPE (♀ brach.): ‘S. Iran: Makran, 2 km SE Minab, 21.v.1973, leg. Expedition of National Museum (Nat. Hist.) in Prague (locality no. 204)’. (Dry mounted, fully disseceted).

Current status. Valid species: Mixotrephes (Mixotrephes) hoberlandti Papáček, Štys & Tonner, 1989 (see POLHEMUS 1995c, PAPÁČEK & ZETTEL 2004).

Remarks. According to the original description, holotype and larger portion of the paratypes are deposited in NMPC, with multiplicate specimens deposited in collections of P. Štys (Department of Zoology, Charles University, Praha), M. Papáček (Department of Biology, Pedagogical Faculty, České Budějovice), and J. T. Polhemus (University of Colorado Museum, Engelwood, USA) ( PAPÁČEK et al. 1989). According to M. Papáček and P. Štys (pers. comm., 2013) the holotype and paratypes belonging to NMPC were returned after the description. Most probably the specimens were borrowed by L. Hoberlandt and taken home (even the collection box is missing) during his unfinished work on Iranian water bugs shortly before his death. So far we have failed to reclaim the material back from the care of his wife.