Podisus signoreti Fallou, 1891

Brugnera, Ricardo, Roell, Talita, Campos, Luiz Alexandre & Grazia, Jocelia, 2020, Taxonomy of widespread Neotropical species of Podisus Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae): redescription of P. distinctus (Stål, 1860) and revalidation of P. fuscescens (Dallas, 1851), Zootaxa 4751 (3), pp. 546-562 : 556

Podisus signoreti Fallou, 1891 , SPECIES INQUIRENDA

Podisus signoreti Fallou, 1891: 6 ; Kirkaldy 1909: 21; Thomas 1992: 90.

Apateticus (Eupodisus) signoreti: Schouteden 1907: 71 ; Thomas 1992: 90.

Apateticus (Podisus) signoreti: Kirkaldy 1909: 21 ; Thomas 1992: 90.

Comments. Thomas (1992) synonymized Podisus signoreti Fallou, 1891 with P. distinctus Stål , based on a description by Begroth (1911). We were not able to find the type specimen of P. signoreti . Fallou’s collection should be deposited in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris ( Rider 2019); we asked Dr. Dominique Pluot-Sigwalt and Dr. Eric Guilbert from MNHN who reported the type of P. signoreti is missing in the collection and is apparently lost. Based on our interpretation, both the descriptions by Fallou (1891) and Bergroth (1911) are insufficient to conclude that P. signoreti is a synonym of P. fuscescens rev. stat.. The features described by both authors may represent intraspecific variations and can match characteristics of many species in the genus, precluding its undoubtful identification. Thus, we propose to treat P. signoreti as species inquirenda.