Aphelocheirus pygmaeus La Rivers, 1971

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 : 832

Aphelocheirus pygmaeus La Rivers, 1971

Aphelocheirus pygmaeus La Rivers, 1971: 69−70 , Fig. 1 (original description).

One paratype is deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (♀ macr.): ‘ ASSAM / Kohara, / Kaziranga / 110m X-7-61 // Collectors: / E. S. Ross / D. Q. Cavagnaro [p] // ♀ [p] // APHELOCHEIRUS / PYGMAEUS N. SP / PARATYPE [p, blue label]’. (Left fore leg glued separately to a triangular piece of card.)

Current status. Valid species: Aphelocheirus (Micraphelocheirus) pygmaeus La Rivers, 1971 (see HOBERLANDT & ŠTYS 1979, POLHEMUS & POLHEMUS 1989, ZETTEL & PAPÁČEK 2006).

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).