Species Microsandalus umbrosus (Stål, 1866)

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• Microsandalus umbrosus Stål, C. 1867. Bidrag till Reduviidernas kännedom. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 23(9): 235-302 [253].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM NHRS-GULI 000000137 ♂ (‘Thorey’), N Australia (as Australia borealis).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Liu, Y., Lemaître, V. & Cai, W. 2021. Revalidation of the Australasian genus Microsandalus Stål stat. rev., with redescription of M. umbrosus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Austral Entomology 60: 505-513 [506].
• Pirates sobrius Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part VII. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-213. [128].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. 1995. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhuncha to Cimicomorpha). pp. 1-501 in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 27.3A xv 506 pp.
• Liu, Y., Lemaître, V. & Cai, W. 2021. Revalidation of the Australasian genus Microsandalus Stål stat. rev., with redescription of M. umbrosus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Austral Entomology 60: 505-513 [506]

Generic Combinations

• Peirates umbrosus (Stål, 1866).

Introduction

Formerly recognised as a synonym of Peirates Serville, 1831, the genus was reinstated by Liu et al (2021) based on morphological evidence.

General References

Liu, Y., Lemaître, V. & Cai, W. 2021. Revalidation of the Australasian genus Microsandalus Stål stat. rev., with redescription of M. umbrosus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Austral Entomology 60: 505-513

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