Species Piestolestes obscurus (Bergroth, 1895)

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• Havinthus obscurus Bergroth, E. 1895. Contributions to a knowledge of the Rhynchota of Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 7: 287-302 [299].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀ (holotype lost, see Malipatil, M.B. 1991. The generic classification of the Australian Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 935–971 [949]), WA.
• Nicrus depressus Horváth, G. 1902. Descriptions of new Hemiptera from New South Wales. Természetrajzi Füzetek 25: 601-612 [608].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNH ♂ ♀ (types lost, see Malipatil, M.B. 1991. The generic classification of the Australian Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 935–971 [949]), Cowra and Tamworth, NSW.
• Havinthus trochanterus Distant, W.L. 1904. Rhynchotal notes. XXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 13: 263-276 [269].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Townsville, QLD.
• Piestolestes lineatus Bergroth, E. 1912. New or little known Hemiptera, chiefly from Australia, in the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31: 343-348 [345].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♀, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malipatil, M.B. 1991. The generic classification of the Australian Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 935-971 [949]

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