Lygus pulchellus, Reuter, 1906

Konstantinov, Fedor & Neimorovets, Vladimir, 2025, Illustrated catalog of primary types of plant bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) at the Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences St. Petersburg, European Journal of Taxonomy 1032, pp. 1-402 : 57

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scientific name	Lygus pulchellus
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Treatment

Lygus pulchellus View in CoL var. β Reuter, 1906

Fig. 32D

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12188998

Lygus pulchellus View in CoL var. β Reuter, 1906: 34.

Type material

Holotype

CHINA • ♀; “ Sichuan, Peishu Chzhan – Maochzhou; Potan [in]; 26 VIII [18]93. // Lygus scitulus [sic!] Reut. var. β. Typ. // Holotypus Lygus pulchellus Reut. var. β. ♂ ”; ZISP, INS _HEM_0000156.

Type locality

China: Sichuan, between Peishu Chzhan and Maochzhou.

Current status

Synonym of Apolygus pulchellus ( Reuter, 1906) . In the original description of L. pulchellus, Reuter (1906) designated four varieties collected during the Potanin expedition in various locations of Sichuan: var. α, var. β, var. γ, and var. δ nigrocincta. Later, Linnavuori (1963) designated the holotype of var. α as the lectotype of Lygus pulchellus , while Kerzhner (1973) upgraded var. δ nigrocincta to species level. Kerzhner (1988b: 25) also suggested that var. β and var. γ might represent distinct species as well but refrained from making formal taxonomic changes.