Aztecus montezuma ( Kirkaldy 1913 ) Gnezdilov & O’Brien, 2008

Gnezdilov, Vladimir M. & O’Brien, Lois B., 2008, New taxa and combinations in Neotropical Issidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea), Insecta Mundi 2008 (31), pp. 1-26 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4532901
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4533010
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A1E87A6-2930-024F-2FCF-FF19FB18FDFD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aztecus montezuma ( Kirkaldy 1913 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Aztecus montezuma ( Kirkaldy 1913) View in CoL , comb. n. (Fig. 13-18)

Hysteropterum montezuma Kirkaldy 1913: 27 View in CoL

Hysteropterum acanthum Caldwell 1945: 104 View in CoL , pl. II, fig.4; pl. III, fig.12, syn. n.

Material examined: Mexico: Morelos: 1 M, paratype of H. montezuma, Yantepec (BPBM) ; paratypes of H. acanthum (all USNM): 1 M, 2 F, Cuernavaca, 5.XII.1931, C.C. Plummer leg.; 1 M, Tepotzlan, 11.IX.1941, DeLong, Good, Caldwell & Plummer leg.; 1 F, near Jiutepec, 25.VII.1934, C.C. Plummer leg.; 1 F, Xochitepec, 30.XI.1934, C.C. Plummer leg. Guerrero: 1 F, Taxco, 9.IX.1939, DeLong & Plummer leg.

Note: Paratypes of both species were examined. Caldwell missed the bifurcation of the subapical process of the phallobase in his figure of the aedeagus of H. acanthum ( Caldwell 1945, plate II, fig. 4). To try to understand this discrepancy, a dissection was allowed to dry out and be rehydrated several times. A process did break off and was noticed only because the stub was seen in the spot plate.