Chrysocoris (Fitha) fascialis ( A. White, 1842 )

Tsai, Jing-Fu & Rédei, Dávid, 2009, The identity of jewel bugs described by Shonen Matsumura from Taiwan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae), Zootaxa 2299, pp. 44-52 : 46-48

Chrysocoris (Fitha) fascialis ( A. White, 1842)

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Callidea fascialis A. White, 1842: 86 . Syntype (s): “ Ind. Orient.?” [= East Indies?]; BMNH. Chrysocoris fascialis var. venustria Kirkaldy, 1910: 110 . Holotype (Ƥ): China: Macao; USNM? Lamprocoris giranensis Matsumura, 1913: 105 . Holotype (Ƥ): “ Formosa ” [= Taiwan]: “Giran” [= Ilan]; EIHU! New

synonymy.

References. Dallas 1851: 28 (records); Dohrn 1859: 2 (list); Stål 1873: 31 (list); Atkinson 1887: 189 (redescription, distribution); Lethierry & Severin 1893: 26 (catalogue, distribution); Distant 1901: 100 (records); Distant 1902: 60 (redescription, distribution); Kirkaldy 1909: 293 (catalogue, distribution); Paiva 1907: 17 (list); * Esaki 1926: 145 ( fascialis , giranensis , records); * Matsumura 1930: 101 ( giranensis , redescription, habitus); * Matsumura 1931: 1184 ( giranensis , redescription, habitus); * Hoffmann 1935: 25, 161 (catalogue, distribution), 26, 161 ( fascialis var. venustria , catalogue, distribution), 29 ( giranensis , catalogue, distribution); * Chérot et al. 1998: 207 (feeding); * Ho 2003: 208 ( giranensis , redescription, host plant, colour photo of adult and nymph); * Göllner-Scheiding 2006: 195 (catalogue, distribution), 197 ( giranensis , catalogue, distribution).

Type specimen of L. giranensis examined. HOLOTYPE (Ƥ): “ Formosa \ Matsumura [printed] \\ 21/ XI.1906 \ Giran [Matsumura’s handwriting]” [a single label with writing on both sides]; “ Lamprocoris \ n. sp. \ giranensis \ <kata-murasaki-kamemushi> [= “purple-bodied bug”, in Japanese script, Matsumura’s handwriting]” [folded]; “ Lamprocoris \ giranensis \ n. sp. [Matsumura’s handwriting] \\ <4> [in Japanese script, handwritten in red]” [a single label with writing on both sides] ( EIHU) ( Figs. 4–6 ).

Other specimens examined. TAIWAN: Ilan County: Suo, 14. VI. 1942, leg. R. Takahashi (1 Ƥ, TARI). Taichung County: Wushihkeng, 23. XII. 1993, leg. J.Z. Ho (1 3, NMNS); same locality and collector, 10. X. 1993 (1 Ƥ, NMNS). Nantou County: Aowanda, 4. VIII. 1993, leg. J.Z. Ho (1 3, NMNS); “ChipChip” [= Chichi], II. 1909, leg. H. Sauter (1 Ƥ, HNHM); Huisun, 5. XII. 1993, leg. C.R. Chen (1 Ƥ, NMNS); Meifeng, 18. V. 1965, leg. B.S. Chang (1 Ƥ, NMNS); “Horisha” [= Puli], V–VIII. [19]18, leg. H. Kawamura (1 3, TARI); “Fuhosho” [= Wucheng], VII. 1909, leg. H. Sauter (1 3, HNHM). Chiayi County: Near Mt. Ali, 7. IV. 1938, leg. Yoshino & Yano (1 3, TARI). Kaoshiung County: “Kosempo” [= Chiasien], VII. [1]908, leg. H. Sauter (1 Ƥ, HNHM); same locality and collector, XI. [1]908 (1 3, HNHM); Shihshan Forest Road, 27–29 km, 20. XI. 2002, leg. W.T. Yang (1 Ƥ, NMNS). — INDIA: West Bengal: Darjeeling, collector unknown (1 3, HNHM).

Diagnosis. Readily recognized within Chrysocoris Hahn, 1834 by the medially deeply impressed anterior collar of the pronotum and the unique, complex colour pattern of the body ( Figs. 4–5 ).

Distribution. India!; Myanmar; Thailand; China ( Macau); Taiwan!

Discussion. The holotype of L. giranensis , deposited at EIHU, perfectly fitting the original description, was examined and found to be clearly conspecific with a specimen of L. fascialis from India. Consequently, we consider L. giranensis as a junior synonym of the latter species.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Types (dorsal and ventral views) and labels of jewel bugs described by S. Matsumura. 1 – 3, Chrysophara formosana, lectotype (male); 4 – 6, Lamprocoris giranensis, holotype (female); 7 – 9, Poecilocoris watanabei, holotype (male). Scales in mm; photos of labels not to scale.