Species Taylorilygus apicalis (Fieber, 1861)

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• Lygus apicalis Fieber, F.X. 1861. Die europäischen Hemiptera: Halbflügler (Rhynchota Heteroptera). Nach der analytischen Methode bearbeitet. Wien : C. Gerold 113-444 pp., 2 pls. [275].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♀, Malaga, Spain.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kerzhner, I.M. & Matocq, A. 1994. Type specimens of Palaearctic Miridae and Nabidae in the collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (Heteroptera). Zoosystematica Rossica 3: 55-68 [57].

  Secondary source:

   Namyatova, A.A., Schwartz, M.D. & Cassis, G. 2021. Determining the position of Diomocoris, Micromimetus and Taylorilygus in the Lygus-complex based on molecular data and first records of Diomocoris and Micromimetus from Australia, including four new species (Insecta : Hemiptera : Miridae : Mirinae). Invertebrate Systematics 35: 90-131 [123] (redescription).
• Phytocoris pallidulus Blanchard, E. 1852. Hemípteros. pp. 113-320 in Gay, C. (ed.). Historia Física y Política de Chile. Zoológica. Paris : Maulde y Renou Vol. 7. [193] [junior homonym of Phytocoris pallidulus Dahlbom, 1851].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Cordilleras di Elqui, Chile.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Carvalho, J.C.M. 1952. Neotropical Miridae, 47: Notes on the Blanchard, Spinola and Signoret types in the Paris Museum. Revue Française d'Entomologie 19(3): 181-188 [185].
• Lygus putoni Meyer-Dür, L.R. 1870. Hemipterologisches. Zwei neue Capsiden nebst Bemerkungen über die Gruppe der grünen Lygus-Arten. Mittheilungen Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, Schaffhausen 3: 206-209 [207].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH ♂, Marseille, France.
• Lygus prasinus Reuter, O.M. 1876. Capsinae ex America Boreali in Museo Holmiensi asservatae, descriptae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 32(9): 59-92 [72].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM, Texas, USA.
• Lygus carolinae Reuter, O.M. 1876. Capsinae ex America Boreali in Museo Holmiensi asservatae, descriptae. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 32(9): 59-92 [72].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MACN ♂, Carolina, USA.
  Paralectotype(s) MACN ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Carvalho, J.C.M. & Carpintero, D.L. 1992. Miridos Neotropicalis, CCCLVIII: Observacíon de los Tipos de Miridae Descritos por C. Berg (1878–93) con Notas y Correcciones Taxonomicas (Hemiptera). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 64: 87-97.
• Capsus (Deraeocoris) uruguayensis Berg, C. 1878. Hemiptera Argentina. Ensayo de una monografía de los Hemípteros-Heterópteros y Homópteros de la República Argentina. Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 6: 23-36, 82-89, 129-141, 179-192, 223-233 [270].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MACN ♂, Rio Corralito, Uruguay.
• Lygus godmani Distant, W.L. 1893. Insecta. Rhynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera Vol. 1. 329-462 pls xxx-xxxix in Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana. London : R.H. Porter. [433].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Omilteme, Guerrero, Mexico.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Carvalho, J.C.M. & Dolling, W.R. 1976. Neotropical Miridae, CCV. Type designations of the species described in the "Biologia Centrali Americana" (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 36: 789-810 [798].
• Lygus apicalis inops Horváth, G. 1894. Notes sur quelques capsides. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 13: 190-193 [190].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNH, Cirkvenitza and Novi, Croatia; Domanovich, Bosnia-Herzegovina; MNHP, Cirkvenitza and Novi, Croatia; Domanovich, Bosnia-Herzegovina; UZMH, Cirkvenitza and Novi, Croatia; Domanovich, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
• Lygus osiris Kirkaldy, G.W. 1902. Memoir upon the rhynchotal family Capsidae auctt. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1902: 243-272 pls V-VI [262].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BPBM, St Denis, Réunion Is. (as St. Denis, Isle Réunion); Rikatla, Mozambique.
• Lygus immitis Distant, W.L. 1904. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(2) xvii 243-503 pp. [456].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Pundaluoya, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).
• Lygus pubens Distant, W.L. 1904. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(2) xvii 243-503 pp. [456].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Pundaluoya, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).
• Lygus neovalesicus 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 [348].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AMNH ♂, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Carvalho, J.C.M. 1955. Analecta Miridologica: miscellaneous observations in some American museums and bibliography (Hemiptera). Revista Chilena de Entomología 4: 221-227 [227].
• Lygus apicalis innotatus Poppius, B. 1912. Die Miriden der Äthiopischen Region. I Mirina, Cylapina, Bryocorina. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 41(3): 1-203 1 pl. [101] [junior homonym of Lygus innotatus Reuter, 1871].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG (Institution uncertain), Brava and St Nicolau, Cape Verde Ils.
• Lygus apicalis rufoviridis Poppius, B. 1912. Die Miriden der Äthiopischen Region. I Mirina, Cylapina, Bryocorina. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 41(3): 1-203 1 pl. [101].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MCG, Brava, Cape Verde Ils (as Cape Verde-Inseln).
• Lygus olivaceus viridusculus Knight, H.H. 1917. A revision of the genus Lygus as it occurs in America north of Mexico, with biological data on the species from New York. Cornell University Agricultural Experimental Station Bulletin 391: 555-645 [600].

  Type data:

   Holotype CU ♀, Tisbury, Massachusetts.
  Paratype(s) CAS ♀.
• Lygus gryllus Girault, A.A. 1936. Chalcididae, Capsidae species nova australiensis Giraulti. Privately Published. 2 pp. [2].

  Type data:

   Lectotype QM ♂, Indooroopilly, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) QM 2♂ 5♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Carvalho, J.C.M. 1974. Concerning the types of Miridae described by A.A. Girault (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 34: 43-44 [44].
• Lygus apicalis unicolor Stichel, W. 1958. Liste der Paläarktischen Arten. pp. 170-907 in Stichel, W. (ed.). Illustrierte Bestimmungstabellen der Deutschen Wanzen. II. Europa (Hemiptera-Heteroptera Europae). Berlin-Hermsdorf : Verlag W. Stichel. [860] [nom. nov. for Lygus apicalis innotatus Poppius, 1912; junior homonym of Lygus unicolor Provancher, 1872].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Puton, A. 1873. Notes pour servir à l'étude des Hémiptères. Partie 2. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 3: 24 [24] (synonymy of Lygus putoni)
• Reuter, O.M. 1907. Capsidae in Brasilia collectae in Museo I. R. Vindobonensi asservatae. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 22: 33-80 [63] (synonymy of Capsus (Deraeocoris) uruguayensis)
• Reuter, O.M. 1909. Bemerkungen über nearktische Capsiden nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 36(2): 1-86 [43] (synonymy of Lygus prasinus)
• Poppius, B. 1910. 12-Hemiptera. 4. Miridae, Anthocoridae, Termatophylidae, Microphysidae und Nabidae. pp. 25-60 in Sjöstedt, B.Y. (ed.). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Östafrikas 1905–1906. Stockholm : P. Palmqvist Vol. 2(12). [39] (synonymy of Lygus osiris)
• Poppius, B. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der Indo-australischen Lygus-Arten. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 12: 337-398 [337] (synonymy of Lygus immitis and Lygus pubens)
• Carvalho, J.C.M. 1948. Mirídeos neotropicais: XXXIV. Descriçìo de uma espécie nova de Falconia Distant e algumas correçoes sinonímicas (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 8: 189-192 [191] (synonymy of Capsus (Deraeocoris) uruguayensis)
• Carvalho, J.C.M. 1952. Neotropical Miridae, 51: On the present generic assignment of the species in the Biologia Centrali Americana (Hemiptera). Boletim do Museu Nacional Zoologia 118: 1-17 [7] (synonymy of Lygus godmani)
• Carvalho, J.C.M. 1955. Analecta Miridologica: miscellaneous observations in some American museums and bibliography (Hemiptera). Revista Chilena de Entomología 4: 221-227 [227] (synonymy of Lygus neovalesicus)
• Carvalho, J.C.M. 1959. Catálogo dos Mirídeos do Mundo. Parte IV. Subfamília Mirinae. Arquivos do Museu Nacional. Rio de Janeiro 48: 1-384 [265] (synonymy of Lygus apicalis innotatus, Lygus apicalis inops and Lygus apicalis rufoviridis)
• Carvalho, J.C.M. 1974. Concerning the types of Miridae described by A.A. Girault (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 34: 43-44 [44] (synonymy of Lygus gryllus)
• Henry, T.J. 1985. Newly recognized synonyms, homonyms and combinations in North American Miridae (Heteroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 93: 1121-1136 [1131] (synonymy of Lygus olivaceus viridusculus)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Namyatova, A.A., Schwartz, M.D. & Cassis, G. 2021. Determining the position of Diomocoris, Micromimetus and Taylorilygus in the Lygus-complex based on molecular data and first records of Diomocoris and Micromimetus from Australia, including four new species (Insecta : Hemiptera : Miridae : Mirinae). Invertebrate Systematics 35: 90-131 [123]

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