Physopelta (Afrophysopelta) madecassa Villiers, 1951

Stehlík, Jaroslav L., 2013, Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 505-584 : 557

Physopelta (Afrophysopelta) madecassa Villiers, 1951

Physopelta madecassa Villiers, 1951:39–40 (key, description, distribution).

HOLOTYPE: ♀, Madagascar, Imerimadroso sur la rive nord du lac Alaotra [ = on river north of the Alaotra lake ] ( MNHN).

Physopelta madecassa: CACHAN (1952) : 72–73, pl. V: fig. 1 (key, redescription, figures, distribution).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♀, ‘MUSEUM PARIS / MADAGASCAR / IMERIMANDROSO / RIVE N. DU LAC ALAOTRA / R. DECARY 1921’ [p, greyish label] // ‘JUIN’ [p, white label] // ‘TYPE’ [p, red label] // ‘ Physopelta / madecassa / n. sp. [hw] / A. Villiers det. [p, white label]’ ( MNHN). The specimen is pinned through scutellum, left antenna, fore and middle leg, and two apical metatarsomeres missing.

PARATYPES: ♀, ‘MUSEUM PARIS [p] / Iles Comores / Mayotte / (de Faymoreau) [hw] / CH: ALLUAUD 1900 [p, greyish label]’ // ‘PARATYPE’ [p, red label] // ‘ Physopelta / madecassa / n. sp. [hw] / A.Villiers det. [p, white label]’ ( MNHN) ; ♀, ‘ Mayotte [hw, white label]’ // ‘PARATYPE’ [p, red label] // ‘ Physopelta / madecassa / n. sp. [hw] / A.Villiers det. [p, white label]’ ( MNHN) .

Distribution. Comoros (Mayotte) ( VILLIERS 1951), Madagascar (Central and Northern) ( VILLIERS 1951, CACHAN 1952).