Aradus noctivagus Hoberlandt, 1957

Kment, Petr, Kolínová, Zdislava & Heiss, Ernst, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic *, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 411-443 : 415

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scientific name	Aradus noctivagus Hoberlandt, 1957
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Aradus noctivagus Hoberlandt, 1957: 7 (key), 11–13, Figs 7–9 (original description).

The holotype and one paratype are deposited in NMPC:

HOLOTYPE (♀): ‘Andohahelo / 1800m R P. [p] // INSTITUT / SCIENTIFIQUE / MADAGASCAR [p, pale blue label] // Holotypus [p] ♀ / Aradus / noctivagus n. sp. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]55 [hw, red label] // Aradus / apicicornis Kir. [hw] / cum typo comparavit [p] ♀ [hw] / L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]60 [hw, pale brown label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 10.987 [hw, orange label]’. (Specimen card-mounted; complete.)

PARATYPE (♀): ‘Tanarive / Tsimbazaza [p] // Inst. Scient. Madagascar [p] / Chasse de nuit du 31 au 1 - / 2 - 50 RP [hw] // Paratypus [p] ♀ / Aradus / noctivagus n. sp. [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]55 [hw, red label] // Aradus / apicicornis Kir. [hw] / cum typo comparavit [p] ♀ [hw] / L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]60 [hw, pale brown label] // Inv. [p] 1428 [hw] / Mus. Nat. Pragae [p, orange label]’.

Current status. Junior synonym of Aradus (Aradus) apicicornis Kiritshenko, 1955 (see USINGER & MATSUDA 1959, HOBERLANDT 1963, KORMILEV 1974, KORMILEV & FROESCHNER 1987, HEISS 2008).

References

HEISS E. 2008: Aradus dembickyi sp. n. from Northern India (Insecta: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 109 B: 77 - 81.

HOBERLANDT L. 1957: Aradoidea (Heteroptera) of Madagascar and adjacent islands. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Supplementum 4: 1 - 109.

HOBERLANDT L. 1963: Additional notes on Aradidae (Heteroptera) from Madagascar and adjacent islands. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 35: 127 - 170.

KORMILEV N. A. 1974: Aradidae from the tropical Africa and Madagascar in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [Hem. Heteroptera]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Nouvelle Serie 10: 59 - 77.

KORMILEV N. A. & FROESCHNER R. C. 1987: Flat bugs of the World. A synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography. Vol. 5. Entomography Publications, Sacramento, California, 245 pp.

USINGER R. L. & MATSUDA R. 1959: Classification of the Aradidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). British Museum (Natural History), London, vii + 410 pp.