Lestomerus tuberculatus Fallou, 1891

Liu, Yingqi, Pluot-Sigwalt, Dominique, Guilbert, Eric & Cai, Wanzhi, 2022, Catalogue of type specimens of Peiratinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) preserved in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Zootaxa 5110 (1), pp. 1-85 : 40

Lestomerus tuberculatus Fallou, 1891

Original data: “ Panama ” ( Fallou 1891: 10).

Type: Syntype 1 ♂: “ HOLOTYPE ” // “panama” // “ MUSEUM PARIS COLL. G. FALLOU 259-95” // “tuberculatus Fallou” [hw Villiers] ( Fig. 35 ) .

Type locality: Panama .

Current status: Junior synonym of Rasahus albomaculatus (Mayr, 1865) ( Bergroth 1892: 263) .

Remarks: In the original boxes of the Fallou’s collection, many specimens do not bear label, only a bottom label behind the specimen(s), indicating the name of the species, the locality and, should it be the case, the handwritten mention “type”. When transferring the specimen from Fallou’s collection to the MNHN general collection, Villiers added a printed label stating the origin (Fallou’s collection) and also the label “ Holotype ”, probably because it was the single specimen (without pin-hole next to the specimen). However, in the original description, Fallou (1891: 10) didn’t designate a holotype and didn’t mention the number of specimens. Thus, this type specimen should be regarded as a syntype and not as holotype ( ICZN 1999, Recommendation 73F).

Figures

FIGURE 35. Syntype ♂ of Lestomerus tuberculatus Fallou, 1891. Scale bar: 3 mm.