Homoeocerus fuscicornis Horváth, 1893

Kment, Petr & Rédei, Dávid, 2018, A revision of the types of Heteroptera species described by Géza Horváth based on specimens from collections of Ladislav Duda and Emil Holub, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1), pp. 275-295 : 283

Homoeocerus fuscicornis Horváth, 1893

( Figs 27–34 )

Homoeocerus fuscicornis Horváth, 1893:259–260 (original description). Homoeocerus fuscicornis : LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894): 36 (catalogue); SCHOUTEDEN (1938): 258 (comparison with H. pallens , distribution), 263 (comparison with H. overlaeti ).

Homoeocerus fuscicornis : VILLIERS (1973): 398 (distribution); LINNAVUORI (1978): 15 (figures of male genital capsule).

Type locality. ‘Africa centralis (HOLUB)’ [= Southern and southern-central Africa between Cape Town and Kafue River, Zambia].

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: 1 ( HNHM), ‘978 / 14. [hw, with p frame and p horizontal line across middle] // Africa / (Holub) [Horváth’s hw] // Homoeocerus / fuscicornis Horv [Horváth’s hw]’ (pinned through scutellum, right pedicel and flagellum, right mid and both hind legs, tarsus of right fore leg, tarsal segment III of left mid leg lacking) ( Figs 27–30 ). Topotypic material examined. 1 ♀ ( HNHM), ‘Holub’ [p] (pinned through scutellum) ( Figs 31–34 ); 1 ( NMPC), ‘Holub [p] // COLL. NICKERL / MUS.PRAGENSE [p, with p frame submarginally] // [p] // Homoeocerus / fuscicornis / Horvath typ. Caffr. [hw with pencil]’ (pinned through right clavus); 1 ( NMPC), ‘Holub [p, pink label] // 8. [hw, green label] // [p] // Homoeocerus / fuscicornis / Horv. n. sp. [hw with black ink]’ (pinned through right clavus); 1 ( NMPC), ‘Holub [p, pink label] // [p]’ (pinned through pronotum); 1 ♀ ( NMPC), ‘Holub [p, pink label] // ♀ [p]’ (pinned through scutellum).All four NMPC specimens bear the following label: ‘topotype, not syntype / HOMOEOCERUS / FUSCICORNIS / Horváth, 1893 / det. P. KMENT 2018’ [p].

Additional material examined. ANGOLA: ʻAfrica occ.port.,Angolaʼ, 1, O. V. Schneider lgt. ( NMPC).

Current status. Valid species, Homoeocerus (Ornytoides) fuscicornis Horváth, 1893 (see WEBB et al. 2018).

Distribution. Angola (this paper), Democratic Republic of the Congo ( SCHOUTEDEN 1938) and Republic of the Congo ( VILLIERS 1973).

Remarks. This species was described based on an unspecified number of male(s) ( HORVÁTH 1893). Only one male bearing Horváth’s handwritten locality and identification label, deposited in HNHM, is considered as syntype. One female deposited in the HNHM and three males and one female in the NMPC do not fit the original description and therefore they are considered as specimens without type status.

Figures

Figs 23–37. Habitus and labels of type and non-type specimens. 23–26 – Reduvius reuteri Horváth, 1893 [= Neotrichedocla quadrisignata (Stål, 1855)], , syntype. 27–34 – Homoeocerus fuscicornis Horváth, 1893: 27–30 –, syntype; 31–34 – ♀, non-type from HNHM. 35–37 – Hypselonotus balteatus Horváth, 1893 [= H. interruptus Hahn, 1833], ♀, syntype. Scale bars in mm. (Photo: D. Rédei).