Ooctonus hemipterus Haliday, 1833

Ooctonus hemipterus Haliday, 1833b: 344 . Lectotype ♀ (NMID), designated by Hincks, 1952: 158. TL: not given, most likely England or Ireland. Curtis, 1837: 134 (list) [P]; Walker, 1846: 50 (description) [P]; Marshall, 1873: 23 (catalogue) [P]; Dalla Torre, 1898: 430 (catalogue) [P]; Enock, 1914: 46 (list) [P]; Hellén, 1968: 34 (list) [P]; Bouček & Graham, 1978: 109 (checklist) [P]; Graham, 1982: 226 (description) [P]; Viggiani & Jesu, 1988: 1024 (distribution) [P]; Pagliano & Navone, 1995: 36 (list) [P]; Ulrich, 2005: 47, 198 (phenology, density and biomass) [P]; Pricop, 2008: 46 (distribution) [P]; Pricop, 2009b: 126 (distribution) [P]; Triapitsyn, 2010: 14, 15 (key), 15 (synonyms, description) [P]; Nash & O’Connor, 2011: 90 (list) [P]; Huber, 2012: 20 (key), 32 (description); Pintureau, 2012: 37 (list) [P]; Triapitsyn, 2015a: 218 (correction to Haliday collection list) [P]; Koponen & Triapitsyn, 2016: 3 (distribution) [P]; Dale-Skey, 2016: 244 (checklist) [P].

Ooctonus amoenus Foerster, 1841: 45 . Holotype, sex unknown (NHMW), lost. TL: Austria, no locality specified. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2010: 15.

Ooctonus atroclavatus Kieffer, 1913: 2 . Lectotype ♀ (NHMUK), designated by Graham, 1982: 227. TL: UK, Scotland, Clober? Synonymy by Hincks, 1952: 58.

Ooctonus foersteri Soyka, 1941: 95 . Lectotype ♀ (NHMW), designated by Triapitsyn, 2010: 16. TL: Germany, Aachen. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2010: 15.

Ooctonus hemipterus form igneus Debauche, 1948: 117. This has no nomenclatural standing since it is below the subspecific level so synonymy is not really necessary. Nevertheless, synonymy is by Triapitsyn, 2010: 16 and details may be found there.

Ooctonus pechlaneri Soyka, 1949d: 66 . Holotype ♂ (NHMW). TL: Austria, Gschnitztal, Trins Padaster. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2010: 16.

Ooctonus wagneri Soyka, 1941: 96 . Holotype ♀ (NHMW). TL: Poland, Sołtysowice near Wrocław. Synonymy by Triapitsyn, 2010: 16.

Ooctonus soykai Hincks, 1952: 160 . TL: Netherlands, Valkenburg. Synonymy by Graham, 1982: 226.

Distribution. Canada: BC, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, SK. USA: AK, IL, MI, MS, NC, NH, NY, WI.