Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant

Kondorosy, El Ő D, Lyal, Christopher Henry Coutts & Webb, Michael Donald, 2006, Nomenclatorial changes in Oriental Lygaeinae seed bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), Zootaxa 1383, pp. 45-56 : 51-52

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.273666
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6264076
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scientific name	Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant
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Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant View in CoL

G. quadrisignatus Distant, 1879: 130 View in CoL –131; Slater, 1964: 56.

New placement: senior synonym of G. collaris ( Breddin, 1907) View in CoL , syn. nov.

Material examined. Lectotype Ψ Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant , with the following labels: 1 Museum circular red-margined label with “ TYPE ” pr; 2. “N. Khasia 2500 to 3000m (Chennel[?])” hwr; 3. “ quadrisignatus type Dist.” hwr; 4. “Distant Coll. 1911-383” pr; 5. “ Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant. Lectotype (?) J. Péricart design. 1999.” hwr.

Paralectotype Ψ Graptostethus quadrisignatus Distant , with the following labels: 1. “N. Khasia 2500 to 3000m (Chennel[?])” hwr; 2. “Distant Coll. 1911-383” pr.

Paralectotype ɗ ditto except “ 1500-2500m ”

Remarks. Originally described from an unspecified number of specimens from “North Khasia hills, 1500 to 3000 feet ”. The type of this species has been compared by the senior author to that of Pyrrhobaphus (Graptostethus) collaris Breddin, 1907 , which is held in the Deutsches Entomologisches Institut (Eberswalde) ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) and found to be identical.