Aethalotus horni Breddin, 1907

Kondorosy, Előd & Rédei, Dávid, 2015, Lectotype designations and taxonomic corrections on species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin, Zootaxa 3964 (1), pp. 101-113 : 105

Aethalotus horni Breddin, 1907

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Aethalotus horni Breddin, 1907a: 42 . Syntypes: ♂, ♀, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]: Puttalam and Anuradhapura; depository not stated.

Type material examined. Lectotype (present designation): ♀, “ Ceylon / W. Horn”, “Anu- / radhapura”; mounted on card, segment IV of both antennae lacking ( DEIC) ( Figs. 9–10 ). Paralectotype: “Puttalam / Ceylon Horn”; mounted on card, segments III–IV of left and segment IV of right antenna lacking (1 ♀, DEIC).

Remarks. According to the original description the syntype series included male(s) too, therefore it can be stated with certainty that a part of the specimens (paralectotypes) remains undiscovered. A. horni is a valid species distributed in southern India and in Sri Lanka. Its diagnostic characters were discussed and illustrated and a detailed description was presented by Scudder (1963).

Figures

FIGURES 4 – 12. Type specimens of Lygaeoidea species described by G. Breddin. Fig. 4, Aspilogeton nubicola Breddin, 1901, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 5, same, lateral view; Fig. 6, same, label; Fig. 7, Pyrrhobaphus scutellatus Breddin, 1907, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 8, same, lateral view; Fig. 9, Aethalotus horni Breddin, 1907, lectotype, dorsal view; Figs. 10 a – b, same, labels; Fig. 11, Oxycarenus musculus Breddin, 1907, female paralectotype (Hemi- 00039 of DEIC), dorsal view; Figs. 12 a – b, same, labels. © DEIC; Figs. 7 – 8 by courtesy of S. Blank. Scales in mm.