Neodymantis relata ( Distant, 1898 )

Kment, Petr & Rider, David A., 2015, On the synonymy of Dymantis Stål, 1861 and Eomyrochea Linnavuori, 1982 and resulting nomenclatural changes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 4058 (2), pp. 278-286 : 282-283

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scientific name	Neodymantis relata ( Distant, 1898 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Neodymantis relata ( Distant, 1898) , comb. nov.

Dymantis plana (misidentification): Gerstaecker (1873): 397 (catalogue, record: Tanzania). Note. The specimen examined by Gerstaecker had body length 11.5 mm and differed from West African representatives of D. plana only by somewhat paler coloration.

Dymantis relata Distant, 1898: 298 –299 (original description, compared to D. subvittata ). Syntypes: 3 specimens (number specified by Distant 1914: 331), South Africa: Transvaal, Lydenburg District (coll. Pretoria Mus. [= TMSA] and coll. Distant, BMNH).

Dymantis relata: Bergroth (1908): 157 (catalogue); Kirkaldy (1909): 182 (catalogue, distribution); Schouteden (1910): 95 (record); Schouteden (1912b): 106 (record); Jeannel (1913): 35 (record, ecology); Schouteden (1913a): 194 (record); Distant (1914): 331 (synonymy, records, distribution); Villiers (1967): 1790 (record, distribution); Linnavuori (1982): 68 – 70 (redescription, key to species, figures, record); Robertson (2009): 276 (catalogue, distribution).

Dymantis velata (incorrect subsequent spelling): Leston (1952): 902 (record).

Dymantis confusa Bergroth, 1914: 448 –450 (original description, comparison with D. plana ). Syntypes: 2 ♂♂, Malawi: ‘between Fort Mangoche and Chikala Boma’, about 4000 ft [= 1219 m a.s.l.] (BMNH). Synonymized by Distant (1914: 331).

Dymantis confusa: Distant (1914): 331 (synonymy); Linnavuori (1982): 68 (listed as valid species unknown to the author, diagnostic characters repeated).

Distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Schouteden 1913a), Malawi ( Bergroth 1914, as D. confusa ; Distant 1914), Republic of the Congo ( Villiers 1967), South Africa ( Distant 1898, 1914; Schouteden 1912b; Leston 1952, as ‘British Caffraria’), Tanzania ( Schouteden 1910, Jeannel 1913, Linnavuori 1982), Zimbabwe ( Distant 1914, Leston 1952).

References

Bergroth, E. (1908) Enumeratio Pentatomidarum post Catalogum bruxellensem descriptarum. Memoires de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 15, 131 - 200.

Bergroth, E. (1914) Descriptions of some Ethiopian Heteroptera with synonymical notes. Revue Zoologique Africaine, 3 (3), 448 - 461.

Distant, W. L. (1898) Rhynchota from the Transvaal, Mashonaland, and British Nyasaland. Annals and Magazine of the Natural History, Series 7, 2, 294 - 316. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939808678047

Distant, W. L. (1914) Rhynchotal notes. - LV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8, 13, 323 - 333.

Gerstaecker, A. (1873) Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes nach dem von Dr. O. Kersten wahrend der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material. C. F. Winter'sche Verlagshandlung, Leipzig und Heidelburg, xii + 542 pp + pls. I - XVIII.

Jeannel, R. (1913) Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911 - 1912). Resultats scientifiques. Insectes Hemipteres. I. Pentatomidae. Albert Schulz, Paris, 114 pp + pls. i - iv.

Kirkaldy, G. W. (1909) Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on Nomenclature and an analytical table of families. Vol. I. Cimicidae. Felix L. Dames, Berlin, xl + 392 pp.

Leston, D. (1952) Notes on the Ethiopian Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera). - VI. Some insects in the Hope Department, Oxford. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 12, 5, 893 - 904. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222935208654367

Linnavuori, R. E. (1982) Pentatomidae and Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera) of Nigeria and the Ivory Coast, with remarks on species of the adjacent countries in West and Central Africa. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 163, 1 - 176.

Robertson, I. A. D. (2009) The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Sub-Saharan Africa. A database. PDF-file prepared at African Studies Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands, vii + 451 pp. Available from: http: // www. ascleiden. nl

Schouteden, H. (1910) 12. Hemiptera. 6. Pentatomidae, pp. 73 - 96. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905 - 1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjostedt. Volume 2. Konigl. Schwedische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Stockholm, 844 pls + 19 pls.

Schouteden, H. (1912 b) Cimicidae, Coreidae, Reduviidae de la region du Zoutpansberg (Transvaal). Revue Zoologique Africaine, 2 (1), 101 - 114.

Schouteden, H. (1913 a) Cimicidae et Coreidae recueillis au Congo par le Dr. J. Bequaert. Revue Zoologique Africaine, 2 (2), 189 - 202.

Villiers, A. (1967) Contribution a la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. LXVII. Hemipteres Pentatomidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire, Serie A, 29, 1784 - 1811.