Species Poecilosphodrus gratiosus (Stål, 1859)

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• Reduvius gratiosus Stål, C. 1859. Till kännedomen om Reduvini. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 16: 175-204, 363-386 [363] [Malipatil recognised Poecilosphodrus annulipes Reuter, 1887 as the valid name, but no homonymy of Reduvius gratiosus Stål, 1859 has been found and the latter name thus has priority].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM ♀, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).
• Poecilosphodrus annulipes Reuter, O.M. 1887. Reduviidae novae et minus cognitae descriptae. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 6: 149-167 [151].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♂, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).
• Velinus princeps Distant, W.L. 1903. Rhynchotal notes. XVII. Heteroptera: Family Reduviidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 11: 352-367 [357].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ (not located), N and NW coast, WA (as Australia).
• Magneticocoris funebris Miller, N.C.E. 1957. New genera and species of Ethiopian, Mascarene and Australian Reduviidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) in the British Museum (N.H.), London. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 5: 29-81 [69].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Magnetic Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) BMNH ♂.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Malipatil, M.B. 1991. The generic classification of the Australian Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 935-971 [950]
• 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. (propose Reduvius gratiosus as the valid name by priority)

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