title: Review of the genusLanchnophorus(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae) with description of three new species and other nomenclatural changes.
abstract: The generic name Lanchnophorus Reuter, 1887, deemed for a long time to be unavailable as incorrect original spelling of Lachnophorus (in fact Lachnophorus Distant, 1903 is an unjustified emendation of the former), is restored as a valid name of the genus. Lachnesthus Bergroth, 1915, syn. nov. (new name for the preoccupied Lachnophorus Distant, 1903) is considered junior synonym of Lanchnophorus. The following nomenclatural changes are proposed: Lanchnophorus flavus (Scudder, 1971) comb. nov. = Lachnesthus chinai Scudder, nomen nudum; Lanchnophorus guttulatus Reuter, 1887, comb. restit. = Lachnophorus albidomaculatus Distant, 1913, syn. nov. = Lachnesthus rodriguezensis China, 1925, syn. nov.; Lanchnophorus leucospilus (Walker, 1872) comb. nov.; Lanchnophorus merula (Distant, 1903) comb. nov.; and Lanchnophorus singalensis (Dohrn, 1860) comb. nov. Three new species are described: Lanchnophorus gaoqingae Kment & Jindra sp. nov. from China (Yunnan), Lanchnophorus seminitens Kment & Carapezza sp. nov. from Socotra Island (Yemen), and Lanchnophorus webbi Kondorosy sp. nov. from India: Tamil Nadu. Bibliographies and known distribution of all the included species are reviewed. The following new country and state records are provided: L. flavus from Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Malawi, Niger, Zambia and Zimbabwe; L. leucospilus from China (Yunnan) and Laos, L. merula from India (Kerala/Tamil Nadu) and Thailand; L. singalensis from Angola, Benin, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China (Hainan), Iran (Sistan and Ba-luchestan), Oman, Pakistan, India (Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan), Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9-Horni Počernice, Czech Republic.. sigara@post.cz.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kment
authors.forename: Attilio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carapezza
authors.forename: Zdeněk
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jindra
authors.forename: Előd
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kondorosy
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D020062:Heteroptera
keywords: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Rhyparochromidae, Lanchnophorus, Lachnesthus, nomenclature, new species, new synonym, new combination, Afrotropical Region, Oriental Region, Palaearctic Region