Ectomocoris bimaculatus Schouteden, 1909

Swanson, Daniel R., 2019, Doomed to a vile lot: new taxa, notes, and an updated generic key for the Old World corsairs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae), Zootaxa 4700 (2), pp. 196-228 : 218

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scientific name	Ectomocoris bimaculatus Schouteden, 1909
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AFRICA: [ GHANA:] Gold Coast: Akuse Rest House, 8 July 1950, L. Berner, det. D. R. Swanson 2017 [1 ind. (abd. missing) (UMMZ); idem. 9 July 1950 [2 males] (UMMZ) [imaged] (NEW COUNTRY RECORD).

Note: Schouteden (1909b) proposed Ectomocoris biguttatus as a nomen novum for this species, presumably due to Peirates bimaculatus Audinet-Serville, 1831 , a junior synonym of Ectomocoris fenestratus ( Klug, 1830) . However, Stål (1865) synonymized Peirates bimaculatus directly with Peirates fenestratus Klug, 1830 , meaning the epithet bimaculatus had never been used in Ectomocoris . Thus, Schouteden’s (1909a) original name remains valid and his nomen novum is unnecessary. Both Putshkov & Putshkov (1987) and Maldonado Capriles (1990) followed Schouteden’s (1909b) erroneous treatment.

References

Audinet-Serville, J. G. (1831) Description du genre Peirate, de l'ordre des Hemipteres, famille des Geocorises, tribu des Nudicolles. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 23, 213 - 221. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 7283

Klug, J. C. F. (1830) In: Hemprich, F. G. & Ehrenberg, C. G. (Eds.). Symbolae physicae seu Icones et Descriptiones Insectorum, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem Friderici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Eh- renberg Medicinae et Chirurgiae Doctorum studio novae aut illustratae redierunt. Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis. Series secunda cum tabularum decade secunda. Berolini ex officina academica, Bogen, 96 pp. (unpaginated), pls. 11 - 20.

Maldonado Capriles, J. (1990) Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, 694 pp.

Putshkov, V. G. & Putshkov, P. V. (1987) A catalogue of assassin-bugs of the world (Heteroptera, Reduviidae). II. Reduviinae, Peiratinae, Phimophorinae, Physoderinae, Saicinae, Salyavatinae, Sphaeridopinae. VINITI, Moscow, 212 pp. [unpublished typescript]

Schouteden, H. (1909 b) [Untitled]. Annales de la Societe entomologie de Belgique, 53, 422.

Schouteden, H. (1909 a) Reduviidae novae africanae. Annales de la Societe entomologie de Belgique, 53, 407 - 417.

Stal, C. (1865) Hemiptera Africana. Vol. III. Norstedtiana, Stockholm, 200 pp.

Swanson, D. R. (2017) Taxonomic changes in Salyavatinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae), with an updated generic key. Zootaxa, 4312 (3), 515 - 530. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4312.3.6

Figures

FIGURES 15–23. Dorsal habitus of various Peiratinae: (15) Ectomocoris atrox, adult male; (16) Ectomocoris biguttulus, adult male; (17) Ectomocoris bimaculatus, adult male; (18) Ectomocoris fenestratus, adult male; (19) Ectomocoris maculicrus, adult male; (20) Ectomocoris maculicrus var. dispar, adult male; (21) Ectomocoris ornatus, adult male; (22) Ectomocoris patricius, nymph; (23) Ectomocoris quadriguttatus, adult female. Scale bar =2 mm.