Myocoris tipuliformis Burmeister, 1838

Figs 13-16

Myocoris tipuliformis Burmeister, 1838: 105 [description]; Stål 1859: 370 [citation], 1872: 83 [catalog]; Walker 1873b: 128 [catalog]; Lethierry and Severin 1896: 178 [catalog]; Wygodzinsky 1949: 42 [catalog]; Maldonado 1990: 236 [catalog].

Hiranetis tipuliformis; Stål 1860: 76 [catalog].

Type material examined.

Male syntype: [printed label]: 2774 // [printed label]: Zool. Mus. / Berlin // [printed red label]: Typus // [handwritten label]: tipulifor - / mis * ♂. // [handwritten green label]: Rio Bescke // [printed label]: [at left side]: QR CODE, [at right side]: MfN URI / http://coll.mfn- / berlin.de/u/ / f1f08c (MFNB).

The male type specimen deposited in the MFNB (Figs 13-15), labeled as “Typus” (Fig. 16), is herewith considered as a syntype, accordingly with Art. 73.2 of the ICZN.

Comments.

The characteristics stated by Stål (1872) to separate the species of Myocoris were confirmed in their respective type specimens (Figs 1-3, 5-7, 9-11, 13-15). However, it is necessary to study more specimens, with a more profound taxonomical approach, to ascertain their value to this separation, and more importantly, to confirm the validity of these species, such as the case of M. nigriceps and M. tipuliformis, separated only by color differences, which may be subject of intraspecific variation, as commented above.