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Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852

Lethaeus simpsoni Bergroth, 1912 now Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852: Lethaeus simpsoni. Lectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Lethaeus simpsoni Bergroth, 1912 now Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852: Lethaeus simpsoni. Lectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Lethaeus simpsoni Bergroth, 1912 now Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852: Lethaeus simpsoni. Lectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1597162; 4f034020-ca7a-47a7-b775-404b834222d7: Lethaeus africanus. Neotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597162; 4f034020-ca7a-47a7-b775-404b834222d7: Lethaeus africanus. Neotype- dorsal habitus. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (24)

  • Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852

    Neotype; female; 4f034020-ca7a-47a7-b775-404b834222d7; Sierra Leone: Njala

  • Lethaeus niger Dallas, 1852: 592.
  • Lethaeus simpsoni Bergroth, 1912 (synonym of Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852) in Slater & O'Donnell, 1995: 98.
  • Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852 in Deckert, 2000: 153.

Nomenclature references (19)

  • Dallas, W.S. (1852) List of the specimens of Hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. In List of the specimens of Hemipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part. II. Taylor & Francis Inc., London. Vol. 2, 369–592 pp.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859) Catalogus Hemipterorum. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herrcke und Lebeling, Stettin. 112 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1865) Hemiptera Africana II. Hemiptera Africana II. Stockholm: Norstedtiana. pp., 1–200. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35344#page/271/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1872) Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: Part V., 151–152.
  • Stål, C. (1874) Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt. 4. Enumeratio Hemipterorum pt., 12(1), 1–186. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45975#page/5/mode/1up
  • Lethierry, L.F. & Severin, G. (1894) General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique., II.
  • Distant, W.L. (1904) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon & Burma Rhynchota. Vol. II. (Heteroptera). London: Taylor & Francis pp., 1–503.
  • Bergroth, E. (1912) New or little known Ethiopian Hemiptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1912) Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Berlin: xvi +, 187 pp.
  • Hesse, A.J. (1925) A list of the Heteropterous & Homopterous Hemiptera of Southwest Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 23, 1–178.
  • China, W.E. (1937) In: Buxton Insects of the Lake Rudolf Rift Valley Expedition. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
  • Villiers, A. (1954) Hemipteres recoltes au Simandou (Guinee francaise) par M. Lamotte. Bull. Inst. franc. Afr. N., 16, 913–916.
  • Schouteden, H. (1957) Contributions a l'etude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Basilewsky 1953) CXXV. Heteroptera Lygaeidae, Pyrrocoridae et Berytidae. Ann. Mus. Congo belge., 8(58), 247–268.
  • Stichel, W. (1958) Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol. 4. Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellin der Wanzen. II. Europae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae) Vol., 4.
  • Slater, J.A. (1964) A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 2 Vols. U. Connecticut. Storrs. 1688 pp. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.
  • Scudder, G.G.E. (1967) Rhyparochrominae types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.). Bull. Brit. Mus. Entomol., 20, 253–285.
  • Slater, J.A. (1967) Synonymy in the Lygaeidae (Hem.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington, 69, 244–245.
  • Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. (1995) In A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world. New York Entomological Society, New York. 410 pp.
  • Deckert, J. (2000) Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). 9, 147–158.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023