A new generic synonym in the Reduviinae of Australia, with an updated key to genera (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Abstract

The monotypic genus Horciniella Miller, 1958 is considered a junior synonym of Archilestidium Breddin, 1900 (new synonymy), resulting in the following taxonomic change for its type species: Archilestidium variabile (Miller, 1958) (new combination). The evidence supporting this conclusion and the new composition of the genus are discussed at length. Updated keys to the reduviine genera of Australia and the Australian species of Horcinia Stål, 1874 are included. Habitus images as well as a new distributional record are provided for several Australian reduviines.

Australian millipede assassins (Heteroptera: Reduviidae): Malingeus tumidus gen. et sp. nov. and Yaramayahus rufescens gen. et sp. nov., with new generic synonyms and an updated key

“…The obvious similarities with Mendola would have required comparison with Caloundranius ; thus, I have speculated that Miller might have been unaware of Bergroth's genus. This conjecture is further supported, as the description for Archilestidium is in the same work as the description of Mendola , a work I have previously hypothesized was missed by Miller (see Swanson ).…”

“…I have followed my prior methodology in establishing new generic synonyms (i.e., Swanson , ): the original descriptions of all relevant taxa were compared, and when no exclusionary characters between the two genera were found, I requested photographs of corresponding type material from one of the institutions listed below to affirm my conclusions. All photographs of type material included are the property of their respective institutions; this is indicated in the caption of each figure, where relevant.…”

“…The key to Old World genera was synthesized with Stål's () conspectus serving as the initial framework, supplemented with the original descriptions of the taxa, Maldonado Capriles' () key to the genera of Tribelocephalinae and Davranoglou's () original description. I also have continued my use of bracketed characters (e.g., Swanson ), in which the contrast for a bracketed character will be encountered in one of the immediately successive couplets upon following the opposite lead.…”

“…Additionally, Villiers's () and Cook's () keys still facilitate separation of most African and Asian genera, respectively. However, as in the case of the reduviines noted by Swanson (), the Australian members of Ectrichodiini have been neglected. Nine genera are known from mainland Australia, and each is endemic, as well as monotypic: Antiopuloides formosus Miller, ; Austrokatanga monteithi Weirauch et al ., ; Brisbanocoris fuscipennis Miller, ; Caloundranius formosus Miller, ; Colastocoris laetus Miller, ; Lyramna vigil Breddin, 1900; Mendola puellula Breddin, 1900; Nebriscoides nitens Miller, ; and Nebriscus pupus Bergroth, .…”

Hoffmannocoris sinuatus sp. nov. and a new generic synonym in the Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) of Africa, with a brief history of ‘Rhaphidosomatini’

“…Furthermore, Miller's proclivity for describing taxa without knowing the full complement of described fauna for an area or based on insignificant morphological or colour differences is well-established (e.g. Malipatil 1985Malipatil , 1986aMalipatil , 1986bMalipatil , 1988Malipatil , 1991Cassis and Gross 1995;Coscarón 2002;Swanson 2015Swanson , 2017Swanson , 2019aSwanson , 2019b.…”