Paromius robustior Breddin, 1907

Kondorosy, Előd & Rédei, Dávid, 2015, Lectotype designations and taxonomic corrections on species of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) described by Gustav Breddin, Zootaxa 3964 (1), pp. 101-113 : 111

Paromius robustior Breddin, 1907

( Figs. 37–38 )

Paromius robustior Breddin, 1907b: 204 . Syntype (s): ♀, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]: Anuradhapura; depository not stated.

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Paromius exiguus Distant, 1883 ; synonymized by Distant (1910: 50).

Type material examined. Lectotype (present designation): ♀, “ Ceylon / W.Horn”, “Anu- / radhapura”, “ Paromius / exiguus / Dist.” [Breddin’s hw]; pinned, left mid leg apicad of middle of tibia lacking (Hemi-00042, DEIC) ( Figs. 37–39 ).

Remarks. The species was described from an unspecified number of specimens from Anuradhapura. A single female in DEIC is apparently part of the original syntype series and it is hereby designated as the lectotype.

Figures

FIGURES 37 – 42. Type specimens of Rhyparochromidae species described by G. Breddin. Fig. 37, Paromius robustior Breddin, 1907, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 38, same, lateral view; Fig. 39, same, labels; Fig. 40, Pamera recincta Breddin, 1901, lectotype, dorsal view; Fig. 41, same, lateral view; Fig. 42, same, labels. © DEIC. Scales in mm.