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Scutellera perplexa (Westwood, 1837) (Figs. 18–23, 34–37, 44, 45, 49–51, 57–60, 67, 68) Cimex nobilis (non Linnaeus, 1763): Fabricius (1775: 697; 1794: 80). Misidentification (Westwood 1837: 4, Dallas 1851: 18). Tectocoris perplexa Westwood, 1837: 4. Proposed for Cimex nobilis (non Linnaeus, 1763): Fabricius (1775: 697; 1794: 80). Syntypes: Ind[ia] Orient[ali] [= East Indies]; OXUM?, ZMUC? (not found). Scutellera fasciata (non Panzer, 1798): Ahmad & Mushtaq (1977: 25, 30–37) and authors. Misidentification. Cimex nobilis (misidentification): Sulzer (1776a: 113, 114) (redescription,distribution), Sulzer (1776b:pl. XI fig.c) (redescription, habitus), Fabricius ([1782]: 338) (diagnosis, distribution), Herbst (1784: 255) (redescription, habitus, distribution), Fabricius (1787: 280) (diagnosis), Gmelin (1790: 2128) (diagnosis, distribution), Fabricius (1794: 80) (diagnosis, distribution), Lichtenstein (1796: 102) (listed), Panzer (1798: 106) (redescription, habitus), Wolff (1801a: 49) (redescription, habitus, distribution), Wolff (1801b: 49) (redescription, habitus, distribution), Turton (1802: 615) (diagnosis, distribution). Tetyra nobilis (misidentification): Fabricius (1803: 129) (diagnosis, distribution), Thunberg (1823: 5) (listed). Tectocoris nobilis (misidentification): Hahn (1836: 24) (redescription, habitus, record). Calliphara nobilis (misidentification): Germar (1839: 124) (redescription, distribution), Herrich-Schäffer (1839: 59) (in key), Herrich-Schäffer (1840: 73) (figures), Amyot & Serville (1843: 30) (redescription, distribution), Herrich-Schäffer (1853: 30) (listed, distribution). Philia nobilis (misidentification): Schiødte (1843: 286) (diagnostic characters). Scutellera nobilis (misidentification): Lamarck (1801: 293) (listed), Latreille ([1804a]: 164) (diagnosis), Latreille ([1804b]: 177) (diagnosis, distribution), Lamarck (1816: 491) (diagnosis, distribution), Latreille (1819: 442) (diagnosis, distribution), LePeletier & Serville (1828: 410) (listed), Burmeister (1835: 395) ... |