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Thanks for that Geoff. What a memory you have!
Alex
We only have one specimen of
Carpocoris purpureipennis De Geer in the Douglas and Scott collection – later acquired by P.B.Mason.
The specimen is labelled ‘Leghorn’ and ‘Foreign’ which
may refer to Livorno in Italy.
The coloured discs on the pin indicate that it originally came from Benjamin Cooke prior to John Scott.
Best wishes
Don
Don Stenhouse
Collections Access Officer (Natural Science)
Bolton Library and Museum Services
Le Mans Crescent
BOLTON BL1 1SE
Tel: 01204 338765
Please note I only work part time so my reply may be delayed.
From: Geoff Hancock [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 May 2015 10:44
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Subject: RE: Request for British examples of Carpocoris (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Alex – looked but no British examples here. Just in case Don didn’t see this request you should ask him, in fact I will copy him into this. Bolton Museum has
an original cabinet with Douglas & Scott collection in it. There just may be one of the old specimens therein? There are types of names described by one or the other, (or both?). It’s a long time since I worked there! Cheers
Geoff Hancock
Hunterian Honorary Research Fellow
Zoology Museum
University of Glasgow
Graham Kerr Building
Glasgow, G12 8QQ
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Alex Ramsay
Sent: 09 May 2015 13:42
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Subject: Request for British examples of Carpocoris (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
Dear all,
I am writing to request information on British examples of Carpocoris (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) which may be present in collections.
Only about 14 examples have ever been recorded in Britain, mainly prior to 1900. They have been recorded from Essex (1 record, Harwood
collection), Kent (2 records, one of which has already been located from Wye), Cornwall (2 records, cited in JC Dale collection and JE Mason collection) and Devon (up to 9 records, of which only one has been located to date in Brewer collection), the remaining
Devon specimen whereabouts are unknown, but were collected by JJ Reading, Parfitt, Captain Blumer(Teignmouth), Saunders and Bignell (2 exx Bigley Woods). In collections can be variously named as Pentatoma nigricorne, Palomena fuscispina, Carpocoris fuscipina,
Carpocoris purpureipennis, Carpocoris pudicus form fuscipina. I would be grateful for any assistance in locating any of the above specimens in order to reexamine them to determine which species of Carpocoris have been recorded in Britain, as part of ongoing
work in producing a new Royal Entomological Society handbook to the group.
Many thanks
Alex
Dr Alex Ramsay