Revision of the assassin bug genus Neopirates (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae), with descriptions of two new species from Namibia

European Journal of Entomology

Wanzhi CAI¹  Zhuo CHEN²  Michael D. WEBB³  Yingqi LIU⁴ 

[1] [e-mail];e-mails: [e-mail];[e-mail];Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China;

关键词: reduviidae;    peiratinae;    neopirates;    sphodrembas;    taxonomy;    new species;    new synonymy;    afrotropical region;    namibia;   

DOI  :  10.14411/eje.2020.039

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The African assassin bug genus Neopirates Miller, 1952, is revised. The type species, N. nyassae Miller, 1952, is redescribed and illustrated; two new species from Namibia, N. bicolor Liu & Cai sp. n. and N. xanthothorax Liu & Cai sp. n. are described and a key is provided to separate the three species of this genus. Sphodrembas fumipennis Swanson, 2019, the type species of Sphodrembas Swanson, 2019, is placed as a junior synonym of N. nyassae, resulting in Sphodrembas becoming a junior synonym of Neopirates. Morphological differences between Neopirates and similar genera and the distribution of Neopirates are briefly discussed.

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