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

Autor:	Yingqi LIU, Zhuo CHEN, Michael D. WEBB, Wanzhi CAI
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	reduviidae peiratinae neopirates sphodrembas taxonomy new species new synonymy afrotropical region namibia Zoology QL1-991
Zdroj:	European Journal of Entomology, Vol 117, Iss 1, Pp 343-351 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1210-5759 1802-8829
DOI:	10.14411/eje.2020.039
Popis:	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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