Pseudovelia tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955

Kment, Petr & Kolínová, Zdislava, 2013, Catalogue of type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 821-890 : 848

Pseudovelia tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955

Pseudovelia tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955: 174–176 , 179, 193–199, Figs 3A–D, 4D , 8A–E, 9A–J, Pl. 25: Fig. B, Pl. 29: Figs A–C (original description, key).

Four paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J apter.): ‘(Kyushu) / Mt. Kirishima / Hyuga / 28. IX. 1952 / R. Morimoto [hw] // J [p] // PARATYPUS / PSEUDOVELIA / TIBIALIS / Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955 / labelled: P. KMENT 2013 [p, red label]’.

PARATYPE (♀ apter.): ‘(Kyushu) / Mt. Kirishima / Hyuga / 28. IX. 1952 / R. Morimoto [hw] // ♀ [p] // PARATYPUS / Pseudovelia / tibialis / Esaki et Miyamoto / reverse: (Kyushu) / Mt. Kirishima / Hyuga / 28. IX. 1952 / R. Morimoto [hw] // PARATYPUS / PSEUDOVELIA / TIBIALIS / Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955 / labelled: P. KMENT 2013 [p, red label]’.

PARATYPE (J macr.): ‘(Kyushu) / Mt. Kirishima / Hyuga / 28. IX. 1952 / R. Morimoto [hw] // J [p] // PARATYPUS / Pseudovelia / tibialis / Esaki et Miyamoto / reverse: (Kyushu) / Mt. Kirishima / Hyuga / 28. IX. 1952 / R. Morimoto [hw] // PARATYPUS / PSEUDOVELIA / TIBIALIS / Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955 / labelled: P. KMENT 2013 [p, red label]’.

PARATYPE (J macr.): ‘(Kyushu) / Mt. Kirishima / Hyuga / 28. IX. 1952 / R. Morimoto [hw] // ♀ [p] // PARATYPUS / PSEUDOVELIA / TIBIALIS / Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955 / labelled: P. KMENT 2013 [p, red label]’. (Detached antennal segment III and IV of both antennae glued on a separate piece of card).

Current status. Valid species: Pseudovelia tibialis tibialis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955 (see MIYAMOTO & LEE 1963; ANDERSEN 1983, 1995a; YE et al. 2013a).

Figures

Figs 1−4. Type labels of Ludvík Hoberlandt. 1−2 – Velia rhadamantha Hoberlandt, 1941, holotypus, characteristic style of labels in the 1940s; 3−4 – Sigara samani Hoberlandt, 1952, characteristic labels for the 1950s and later period. (Photos: L. Macháčková).