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Tessarobelus guerini Montrouzier in Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864 (Monophlebidae: Tessarobelus)

Tessarobelus guerini Montrouzier in Perroud & Montrouzier 1864: 247. Type data: NEW CALEDONIA: Ponerihouen, on Annona squamosa; collected 6.x.1969 by Cochereau.. Neotype, female, by subsequent designation (Bhatti1991,138). accepted valid name Notes: The type material of Montrouzier (1864) was lost (Miller, 1971a). Illustr.
Monophlebus guerini (Montrouzier in Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864); Cockerell 1902q: 232. change of combination
Tessarobelus guerinii Montrouzier in Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864; Morrison 1928: 224. misspelling of species epithet
Tessarobelus guerini Montrouzier in Perroud & Montrouzier, 1864; Morrison 1928: 224. revived combination (previously published)

Families: 3 | Genera: 5

Countries: 1

Systematics: Type material lost (Miller, 1971a), therefore, Bhatti (1991) selected and designated a neotype.
Structure: Adult female elongate oval, 10.8 - 21 mm long, 6.4 - 10.8 mm wide; anal lobes slightly protruding; orange colour, covered with a white, cottony wax; legs, antennae and mouthparts black (Montrouzier, 1864).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Signoret (1877), Miller (1971a), Williams & Watson (1990) and by Bhatti (1991).