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Lethaeus africanus Dallas, 1852

Lethaeus simpsoni Bergroth, 1912: 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: 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: 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.
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  • 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)

  • Bergroth, E. (1912) New or little known Ethiopian Hemiptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
  • China, W.E. (1937) In: Buxton Insects of the Lake Rudolf Rift Valley Expedition. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
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  • 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.
  • Deckert, J. (2000) Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). 9, 147–158.
  • 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.
  • Dohrn, F.A. (1859) Catalogus Hemipterorum. In Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herrcke und Lebeling, Stettin. 112 pp.
  • Hesse, A.J. (1925) A list of the Heteropterous & Homopterous Hemiptera of Southwest Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 23, 1–178.
  • 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.
  • Oshanin, V.T. (1912) Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Katalog der palaarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera-Auchenorhyncha & Psylloideae). Berlin: xvi +, 187 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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. & O'Donnell, J.E. (1995) In A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world. New York Entomological Society, New York. 410 pp.
  • 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.
  • Slater, J.A. (1967) Synonymy in the Lygaeidae (Hem.). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington, 69, 244–245.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Villiers, A. (1954) Hemipteres recoltes au Simandou (Guinee francaise) par M. Lamotte. Bull. Inst. franc. Afr. N., 16, 913–916.
  • 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.

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