Rhopalimorpha obscura A. White.

Rhopalimorpha obscura A. White in Dallas, 1851, List Hem. Ins. Brit. Mus., pt. 1: 293. Walker, 1867, Cat. Spec. Het. Hem. Coll. Brit. Mus., pt. 2: 376. Butler, 1874, Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Zool., pt. 2, Ins., 26; pl. 7, f. 8 Hutton, 1874, Trans. N. Z. Inst., 6: 170. Buch. White, 1878, Ent. mon Mag., 14: 276–277 (R. similis Mayr a synonym). Hutton, 1898, Trans. N. Z. Inst, 30: 171; 1904, Index Faun. Nov. Zeal., 221. Alfken, 1904, Zool. Jahrb. Abth. Syst., 19. Kirkaldy, 1909, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 41: 24; 1909, Cat. Hem (Het.), 1 169. Myers, 1921, N.Z. Journ. Sci. Tech. 4 (5): 265–266 (feeding habits); 1922, op. cit, 5 (1): 3–4; 1924, Rec. Cant. Mus., 2 (4) 172–3, 175–6 (synonymises ignota Hutton with this sp.); 1926, Trans. N. Z. Inst., 56: 456, 457, 462, 502–505; pl. 85, f. 5; pl 86, f. 1; text f. 22, 23; (partim); (life-history, bionomics, dist.). Tillyard, 1926, Ins. Aust. N.Z., 148; f. Q4. Myers and China, 1928, Ann. Mag. nat Hist, (10) 1 379. Pendergrast, 1950, Rec. Auck Inst. Mus., 4 (1): 31–34; f. 1 (distinguishes from lineolaris).

Rhopalimorpha similis Mayr, 1865, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges Wien, 14: 912 Hutton, 1898, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 30: 171 (“may be distinct”). Kirkaldy, 1909, Cat. Hem. (Het.), 1 169. Howes, 1914, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 46 100.

Rhopalimorpha similis Mayr, 1868, Reise Novara, Zool., 2 (2), Hem. 74–76; pl. 2, f. 14.

Rhombocoris similis (Mayr) Walker, 1867, Cat. Spec. Het. Hem. Coll. Brit. Mus., pt. 2. 312. Hutton, 1874, Trans. N. Z. Inst, 6: 170.

Rhopalimorpha ignota Hutton, 1898, Trans. N. Z. Inst., 30: 159. Kirkaldy, 1909, Trans. N. Z. Inst., 41 24; 1909, Cat. Hem. (Het.), 1: 169. Tillyard, 1926, Ins. Aust. N.Z., 148.

Rhopalimorpha lineolaris Pendergrast.

Rhopalimorpha obscura White, Myers, 1926 (partim), Trans. N. Z. Inst., 56 (see above obscura).

Rhopalimorpha lineolaris Pendergrast, 1950, Rec. Auck Inst. Mus., 4 (1): 32–34; f. 2–4.

(Papers by Mr. J. G. Pendergrast are being prepared for publication, describing the genus and redescribing obscura, describing and distinguishing the nymphal stages of R. obscura and R. lineolaris and giving additional information on the biology and distribution of the species and dealing with the anatomy of the adults. He draws adequate attention for the first time to the setose sternal patches of the ♀♀ of Acanthosomatinae and the maxillary plate processes of this subfamily, and points out the probable sensory nature of the former.)

Subgenus Lentimorpha nov. (see above, p. 302)

Type: Rhopalimorpha (Lentimorpha) alpina sp. nov. (see above, p. 304).

Figs 5, 29, 30, 42.