Polytodes ochraceus 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 : 285-287

Polytodes ochraceus Horváth, 1893

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Polytodes ochraceus Horváth, 1893: 255–256 (original description).

Polytodes ochraceus : LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1893): 264 (catalogue); SCHOUTEDEN (1903): 61 –62, pl. I: Fig. 12 (redescription, colour habitus drawing); SCHOUTEDEN (1904a): 50 –51 (generic redescription, catalogue, suspected mislabelling and synonymy of Polytodes and Polytes ); KIRKALDY (1909b): 287 (catalogue, suspected mislabelling); SCHOUTEDEN (1909): 34 (list), 74 (suspected mislabelling); LATTIN (1977): 187–191 (type material, line drawings of hind wing and male genitalia of NMPC specimen, new synonymy).

Type locality. ‘Africa centralis (HOLUB.)’ (in error).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: sex? (genital segment mutilated) ( HNHM): ‘Holub [p, pink label] // ochraceus [Horváth’s hw, underlined in red, hw] / Typ. [hw] Horváth [p]’ (pinned through scutellum, antennae and legs partly damaged, posterior portion of scutellum compressed, distorted) ( Figs 44–45 ).

Additional material examined. 1 ( NMPC), ‘ Zambesi / V. Frič [hw] // COLL.NICKERL / MUS.PRAGENSE [p, with p frame submarginally] // Polytodes / ochrac. [hw] // Polytodes / n. g. / ochraceus / Horváth n.sp. / Zambesi / Duda. Frič’ [hw] (pinned through scutellum, wings abducted, antenna and legs partly damaged, dissected male genitalia placed in small glass vial attached to the same pin).

Current status. Junior synonym of Polytes tigrinus ( Vollenhoven, 1868) ( LATTIN 1977, EGER 2010). Polytodes ochraceus is the type species of Polytodes Horváth, 1893 by monotypy (see HORVÁTH 1893), a junior synonym of Polytes Stål, 1867 ( LATTIN 1977: 188).

Distribution of Polytes tigrinus . Colombia ( VOLLENHOVEN 1868, as Pachycoris tigrinus ; EGER 1990), Peru ( BREDDIN 1904, as Polytes onca Breddin, 1904; EGER 1990).

Remarks. The remark ‘[s]egmentum genitale exempli descripti mutilatum. [= Genital segment of the descri-

bed specimen mutilated.]’ implies that this species was described based on a single specimen, to be treated as the holotype ( ICZN 1999: Art. 73.1.2). LATTIN (1977: 187) wrote that the NMPC specimen agrees with the holotype in all respects and erroneously considered it as part of the same series; he also provided drawings of hind wing and male genitalia of this non-type specimen ( LATTIN 1977: 189: Figs 5, 8–11 ).

For a long time, both the holotype (HNHM) and the non-type male (NMPC) were missing in the respective collections. The specimens were recently traced in John D. Lattin’s collection, deposited now in Oregon State Arthropod Collection, Oregon State University Department of Integrative Biology, Corvallis, USA (Ch. Marshall, pers. comm.), and returned to the respective institutions.

Figures

Figs 38–49. Habitus and labels of type specimens. 38–40 – Niamia angulosa Horváth, 1893, ♀, syntype; 41–43 – Cryptacrus princeps Horváth, 1893 [= C. comes comes (Fabricius, 1803)], ♀, syntype; 44–45 – Polytodes ochraceus Horváth, 1893 [= Polytes tigrinus (Vollenhoven, 1868)],?sex, holotype; 46–49 – Dinidor vicarius Horváth, 1893 [= D. impicticollis Stål, 1870], ♀, holotype. Scale bars in mm. (Photo: 38–43, 46–49 – D. Rédei, 44–45 – Ch. Marshall)

Figs 5–22. Habitus and labels of type specimens. 5–7 – Coranopsis vittata Horváth, 1893, ♀, syntype; 8–11 – Cosmolestes fulvus Horváth, 1893, ♀, holotype; 12–15 – Edocla albipennis Horváth, 1893,, holotype; 16–18 – Harpactor dudae Horváth, 1893 [= Rhynocoris dudae],, syntype; 19–22 – Oncocephalus angustatus Horváth, 1893, ♀, syntype. Scale bars in mm. (Photo: D. Rédei).