Acanthosoma rufescens Dallas, 1851

Tsai, Jing-Fu & Rédei, Dávid, 2015, Redefinition of Acanthosoma and taxonomic corrections to its included species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), Zootaxa 3950 (1), pp. 1-60 : 32

Acanthosoma rufescens Dallas, 1851 , reinstated combination

Figs 99–106 , 109–113 , 164–165 , 169–170

Acanthosoma rufescens Dallas, 1851: 311 . Lectotype ( Kumar 1974: 54): ♀, unknown locality; BMNH!

Acanthosoma elongatum Dallas, 1851: 309 . Syntypes: ♂, ♀, North India; BMNH! New subjective synonym.

Anaxandra hamata Reuter, 1881: 78 . Syntype (s): ♂, [ India:] Darjeeling; NRMS! New subjective synonym.

Anaxandra taurina (non Kirkaldy, 1909): Hsiao & Liu (1977: 171) and subsequent authors. Misidentification.

Acanthosoma elongatum : Herrich-Schäffer 1853: 3 (listed, distribution), Stål 1876: 115 (listed, distribution).

Acanthosoma elongata : Walker 1867: 394 (record), Atkinson 1889: 24 (reproduction of original description, distribution), Lethierry & Severin 1893: 253 (catalogue, distribution).

Acanthosoma rufescens : Herrich-Schäffer 1853: 4 (listed), Walker 1867: 399 (listed), Kumar 1974: 53 ( lectotype designation, figures).

Sastragala rufescens : Stål 1871: 639 (diagnostic characters).

Anaxandra rufescens : Stål 1876: 114 (listed, distribution), Atkinson 1889: 30 (reproduction of original description, record), Lethierry & Severin 1893: 255 (catalogue, distribution), Distant 1902: 322 (redescription, records), Kirkaldy 1909: 174 (catalogue, distribution), Chakraborty et al. 1994: 475 (listed).

Anaxandra hamata : Atkinson 1889: 34 (English translation of original description, distribution), Lethierry & Severin 1893: 255 (catalogue, distribution), Distant 1902: 322 (English translation of original description, identity, distribution), Kirkaldy 1909: 174 (catalogue, distribution), Chakraborty et al. 1994: 475 (listed).

Sastragala elongata : Distant 1900: 228 (generic placement), Distant 1902: 320 (redescription, record), Kirkaldy 1909: 172 (catalogue, distribution), Ahmad & Moizuddin 1990: 287 (in key, distribution).

Anaxandra taurina (misidentification): Hsiao & Liu 1977: 171 (in key, redescription, photo, figure, distribution), Liu 1980: 234 (diagnostic characters), Wu 1984: 38 (listed, record, as Anaxandera [inadvertent error] taurina ), Liu 1987: 152 (in key, distribution), Zhang & Sie 1992: 250 (redescription, habitus, distribution), Lin & Zhang 1993: 134 (redescription, habitus, distribution), Chen 1987: 45 (listed), Li et al. 1989: 39 (listed), Lin & Zhang 1993: 134 (redescription, habitus, distribution), Bu & Zheng 1997: 208 (redescription, figure, record, distribution), Lin et al. 1999: 97 (redescription, habitus, distribution), Hua 2000: 166 (listed, distribution), Bu & Wang 2002: 239 (redescription, distribution), Xue & Bu 2006: 226 (redescription, distribution), He et al. 2007: 109 (listed).

Figures

FIGURES 99–104. Lectotypes of Acanthosoma species and their labels. Fig. 99, A. rufescens Dallas, 1851, dorsal view; Fig. 100, same, ventral view; Fig. 101, same, labels; Fig. 102, A. elongatum Dallas, 1851, dorsal view; Fig. 103, same, ventral view; Fig. 104, same, labels. © BMNH. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 105–108. Acanthosoma spp., males. Fig. 105, A. rufescens (China: Yunnan: Ruili), dorsal view; Fig. 106, same, ventral view; Fig. 107, A. sichuanense (China: Yunnan: Baoshan), dorsal view; Fig. 108, same, ventral view. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 109–118. Diagnostic characters of Acanthosoma spp. Fig. 109, A. rufescens, apex of abdomen of male, ventral view; Fig. 110, same, genital capsule, dorsal view; Figs 111–112, right paramere, two different views; Fig. 113, apex of female abdomen, ventral view; Fig. 114, A. sichuanense, genital capsule, dorsal view; Fig. 115, same, ventral view; Figs 116–117, right paramere, two different aspects; Fig. 118, apex of female abdomen, ventral view. Scales in mm.

FIGURES 157–166. Mesosternal carina of Acanthosoma spp. Lateral view. Fig. 157, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (♂, Denmark); Fig. 158, A. labiduroides (♀, Japan: Hokkaido); Fig. 159, A. murreeanum (♂, China: Yunnan); Fig. 160, A. rufispinum (♂, Nepal); Fig. 161, A. laevicorne (♂, Vietnam); Fig. 162, A. nigricorne (♂, India: Uttarakhand); Fig. 163, same species (♂, Vietnam); Fig. 164, A. rufescens (♀, India: Punjab); Fig. 165, same species (♀, Laos); Fig. 166, A. alaticorne (♂, Nepal). Scales in mm.

FIGURES 167–170. Phalli of Acanthosoma spp. Fig. 167, A. haemorrhoidale, dorsal view; Fig. 168, same, ventral view; Fig. 169, A. rufescens, dorsal view; Fig. 170, same, ventral view. Lettering: aed = aedeagus s. str.; con = conjunctiva; cp-II, cp-III = second and third pairs of conjunctival processes; phth = phallotheca; th = theca; thc = thecal complex; thcon = thecal conjunctiva. Scales in mm.