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Species

Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914)

Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914): Lethaeus tenebrosus. Lectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914): Lethaeus tenebrosus. Lectotype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914): Lethaeus tenebrosus. Lectotype- dorsal habitus. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Neolethaeus mungus (Scudder, 1958) now Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914): Lethaeus mungus. Paratype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Neolethaeus mungus (Scudder, 1958) now Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914): Lethaeus mungus. Paratype- dorsal habitus. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Neolethaeus mungus (Scudder, 1958) now Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914): Lethaeus mungus. Paratype. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).
Neolethaeus mungus (Scudder, 1958) now Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914): Lethaeus mungus. Paratype- dorsal habitus. (BMNH) - (CC BY-NC 4.0) Photo by Stuart Cole, reproduced with permission from the Natural History Museum, London, UK. (Otu).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Lethaeus tenebrosus Distant, 1914
  • Lethaeus tenebrosus Distant, 1914 in Distant, 1920
  • Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914) in Slater & O'Donnell, 1995: 100.
  • Neolethaeus tenebrosus (Distant, 1914) in Cassis & Gross, 2002: 308.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Distant, W.L. (1914) Rhynchota from New Caledonia & the surrounding islands. In: Sarasin & Roux Nova Caledonia Zool.
  • Distant, W.L. (1920) Rhynchota from New Caledonia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., 9(6), 143–164.
  • Scudder, G.G.E. (1958) Lygaeidae (Hemiptera) of Rennell and Bellona Islands. Nat. Hist. Rennel I., Brit. Solomon Is., Copenhagen., 135–142.
  • Scudder, G.G.E. (1962) The world Rhyparochrominae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) I. new synonymy and generic changes. The Canadian Entomologist, 94, 764–773.
  • Woodward, T.E. (1963) A new species of Neolethaeus Distant from Australia (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). J. ent. Qd., 2, 61–66.
  • 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. & O'Donnell, J.E. (1995) In A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world. New York Entomological Society, New York. 410 pp.
  • Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. (2002) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Vol. 27.3B, pp. xiv 737.

Descendants and synonyms

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