Poecilocoris lewisi ( Distant, 1883 )

Tsai, Jing-Fu & Rédei, Dávid, 2010, Taxonomical notes on Oriental and Pacific jewel bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), Zootaxa 2572, pp. 25-47 : 34-35

Poecilocoris lewisi ( Distant, 1883)

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Poecilochroma lewisi Distant, 1883: 419 . Syntypes (♂, Ψ): Japan: Nikko, Kashiwagi, Chiuzenji, Yokohama; BMNH. Poecilocoris lewisi var. peipingensis Yang, 1934: 266 . Syntypes (♂, Ψ): China: “Pékin” [= Beijing]; MNHN! Poecilocoris separabilis Yang, 1934: 260 , 267, 282. Syntypes (2 ♂♂, 1 Ψ): China: Kouy-Tchéou [= Guizhou], “Pin-Fa”

[= Pinba]; MNHN! New synonymy.

Selected references of P. l e w i s i. Schouteden 1904a: 21 (catalogue, distribution); Kirkaldy 1909: 305 (catalogue, distribution); Esaki 1932: 1562 (redescription, habitus); Tang 1935: 279 (catalogue, distribution); Esaki 1959: 188 (redescription, habitus); Yang 1962: 35 (redescription, habitus, host plant, distribution); Hsiao & Zheng 1977: 58 (diagnosis, photo, figure, host plants, distribution); Tomokuni 1993: 218 (redescription, colour photo, immatures); Göllner-Scheiding 2006: 199 (catalogue, distribution).

References of P. separabilis . Tang 1935: 280 (as separbilis [lapsus], catalogue, distribution); Hua 2000: 169 (listed, distribution); Göllner-Scheiding 2006: 199 (catalogue, distribution).

Type material examined. P oecilocoris lewisi var. peipingensis : LECTOTYPE (ɗ) (present designation): [1] “MUSEUM PARIS \ PEKIN \ COLL. G. FALLOU 259-95” [handwritten + printed]; [2] “pekin” [circle with yellow frame, printed]; [3] “ TYPE ” [printed in red]; [4] “ Poecilocoris \ lewisi Dist. \ var. peipingensis \Yang \ WE-I YANG DÉT. 1933” [W.I. Yang’s handwriting + printed]. Pinned, left and right antennal segments IIa–IV missing; deposited in MNHN. — PARALECTOTYPES: with same labels as [1] and [2] (1 Ψ, MNHN); “MUSEUM PARIS \ PEKIN \ A. DAVID 1899” [handwritten + printed] (1 ɗ 1 Ψ, MNHN).

Poecilocoris separabilis : LECTOTYPE (ɗ) (present designation): [1] “MUSEUM PARIS \ KOUY- TCHÉOU \ RÉG. DE PIN-FA \ PÈRE CAVALERIE 1908” [printed]; [2] “ TYPE ” [printed in red]; [3] “ Poecilocoris \ separabilis \ Yang \ WE-I YANG DÉT. 1934” [W.I. Yang’s handwriting + printed]. Pinned, left antennal segments IIa–IV, left fore leg apicad of middle of femur, and right hind tarsus missing; deposited in MNHN ( Figs. 36–37 ). — PARALECTOTYPES: with same label as [1] (2 ɗɗ 1 Ψ, MNHN; one of the males were dissected, pygophore and right paramere are mounted on card, phallus is preserved in plastic microvial with glycerol, pinned with the specimen).

Discussion. Poecilocoris separabilis was described from Guizhou province of China and as far as we are aware it has never been reported again after its original description. Dissection of one male paralectotype and direct comparison to “typically” coloured specimens of P. l e w i s i from China and Taiwan revealed that its genitalia does not differ from those of the latter species. As a consequence, it is regarded as conspecific with the latter and it is placed in the synonymy of P. l e w i s i.

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 40. Lectotypes of Poecilocoris separabilis Yang, 1934 (36 – 37) and P. capitatus Yang, 1934 (38 – 40). 36, 38, dorsal view; 37, 40, labels; 39, lateral view. Scale in mm; photos of labels not to scale. Photos by L. Fauvre.