This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Kondorosy, Előd, Ishikawa, Tadashi, Rédei, Dávid (2016): Resolving the taxonomy and nomenclature of Metochus abbreviatus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae). Zootaxa 4193 (1): 151-166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.7

Abstract

The identity of Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Rhyparochromini) is clarified based on reexamination of the lectotype. The subjective synonymy of Dieuches kreyenbergi Breddin, 1906 with M. abbreviatus is confirmed. The following new subjective synonymies are proposed: Rhyparochromus erosus Walker, 1872 = Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874, syn. nov. = Metochus holsti Distant, 1918, syn. nov. Bibliographies of the names are provided and it is demonstrated that the name M. abbreviatus is in prevailing usage. Reversion to the senior name Rh. erosus is considered to be undesirable, therefore an application has simultaneously been submitted to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to give the specific name abbreviatus precedence over the specific name erosus. The diagnostic characters, bionomics and distribution of the species are briefly reviewed.

Key words: Heteroptera, Rhyparochromidae, taxonomy, nomenclature, new synonymy, East Asia

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/339462bd-7cb0-414c-9070-1435aa66bd26
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFE9FFFED37CD227FF91825FB958FFC2
Citation: Kondorosy E, Ishikawa T, Rédei D, plazi (2016). Resolving the taxonomy and nomenclature of Metochus abbreviatus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.