Geocoris (Geocoris) ochropterus ( Fieber, 1844 )

Kóbor, Péter, 2018, Geocoris margaretarum: description of a new species from the Oriental region with remarks on allied taxa (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 580-586 : 583-584

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Geocoris (Geocoris) ochropterus ( Fieber, 1844)

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Material studied. Lectotype of Ophthalmicus cinerascens (designated here): 1 male ( BMNH), Circular blue ‘SYNTYPE’ label // circular green ‘TYPE’ label // 31. OPHTHALMICUS CINERASCENS . // [rectangular bluish label with unreadable handwriting] // Saunders / 65.13.

Paralectotype of Ophthalmicus cinerascens : 1 female ( BMNH), Circular blue ‘SYNTYPE’ label // [rectangular bluish label with unreadable handwriting] // Saunders / 65.13 .

Lectotype of Geocoris rufipennis (designated here): 1 specimen ( BMNH), Circular blue ‘SYNTYPE’ label // circular red ‘TYPE’ label // Calcutta / 31-X-07’ [label handwritten] // Distant Coll. / 1911–383. // Geocoris / rufipennis / type Dist. [label handwritten by W. L. Distant] / BMNH(E) / 1340502 / NHMUK 010591786.

Other material: 1 female ( HNHM), INDIA, W. Bengal, / Nalbani, / N. Salt Lake / leg. Gy. Topál // No. 36. / netting in grasses / 7. XII. 1966; 1 male, 1 female ( HNHM), INDIA, Nadhya Pradesh, / Sahpura, near River, / Narmada / leg. Gy. Topál // No. 234 / trodden from mud / 18. III. 1967.; 2 males, 1 female ( HNHM), India, Waterfalls, Est. / Anaimalai Hills, / Tamil Nadu // No. 318. netted / 31. III. 1980. / leg. Gy. Topál; 2 females ( HNHM), INDIA Sukna, / Darjeeling District, W. Bengal, 180 m // No. 388. netted / 22. V. 1980. / leg. Topál; 1 male, 1 female ( HNHM), LAOS, Vientiane / shore of Mekong r. / singled from / buffalo dung, No. 4 // 19-20. III. 1998. / leg. O. Merkl & / G. Csorba // Geocoris / ochropterus (Fieb.) / det. Kondorosy; 1 female ( HNHM), MALAYSIA, Selangor / Batu Caves, / secondary vegetation, // swept & singled, / No. 1. 5. III. 1995, / O. Merkl // Gecocoris / ochropterus (Fieb.) / det. Kondorosy; 1 female ( HNHM), THAILAND / Prov Prachuap Khiri / Khan, Wana Kon / Beach, 25 km S of // Noghin, No. 3. / 19. XI. 2003. / leg. A. Orosz et Gy. Sziráki; 1 female ( HNHM), THAILAND / prov. Chumphon / N of Thung Tako // 3. XII. 2003. / leg. A. Orosz et Gy. Sziráki // Geocoris / ochropterus (Fieb.) / det. Kondorosy; 2 females ( HNHM), THAILAND, Ban Yong / Sata, pasture, 16. XI. 2004. / leg. A. Orosz, Gy. Sziráki & M. Földvári // Geocoris / ochropterus (Fieb.) /

synonymies proposed ( Distant, 1901, 1904; Kondorosy, 2006) in former publications are correct. I hereby propose the designation of the above cited syntypes as lectotypes.