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

Swanson, Daniel R.

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“…I have followed my prior methodology in establishing generic synonyms (i.e. Swanson , , , ), viz. comparing the original descriptions and images of type material of each taxon in the synonymous pair.…”

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“…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.…”

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

Swanson

2020

Austral Entomology

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Knowledge of the biodiversity of a region can have wide‐ranging implications for other disciplines and enterprises, including public health, agriculture and pest management, and conservation. However, in order to properly assess a region's biodiversity, an accurate and up‐to‐date taxonomy is needed. While description of new taxa plays a sizeable role in how biodiversity changes over time, the re‐assessment of previously described taxa and the recognition of synonyms are of equal importance. In this service, taxonomic study of ‘Rhaphidosomatini’ and its variously associated taxa was undertaken. ‘Rhaphidosomatini’ are a group of harpactorine assassin bugs centred around three predominantly sub‐Saharan genera. However, its composition has remained obfuscated, as nine other small (mostly monotypic) genera have been subsequently associated with the group, either explicitly or through implied relationship. Its basic history, culminating in the rejection of ‘Rhaphidosomatini’ as a valid taxonomic group, is here discussed. Also, during this investigation, both a new species and a new generic synonym were discovered, necessitating the following taxonomic changes. Hoffmannocoris sinuatus sp. nov. is herein described from Grahamstown, South Africa. Harrisocoris africanus Miller, 1959 is here considered a junior synonym of Igora repraesentatus Hesse, 1925 syn. nov.; this taxonomic change relegates the genus Harrisocoris Miller, 1959 to a junior synonym of Igora Hesse, 1925 syn. nov. Finally, a single new country record for Rhaphidosoma collarti Schouteden, 1952 from Uganda is reported.

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

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2020

Austral Entomology

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“…Millipede assassin bugs have been treated as a separate subfamily Ectrichodiinae since Amyot & Audinet-Serville (1843), but were recently reduced to the tribe Ectrichodiini based on a phylogenetic study combining morphological and molecular data . This group, comprising about 670 species in 120 genera, is generally circumtropical in distribution, with only a few species reaching temperate regions (Maldonado Capriles 1990;Swanson 2019). Millipede assassin bugs are often robust-bodied and ground-dwelling, and are believed to be specialized millipede predators (Forthman & Weirauch 2012).…”

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Taxonomic review of Xenorhyncocoris Miller (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae), with description of X. attractivus sp. nov. and notes on sexual dimorphism of the genus

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2021

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The enigmatic millipede assassin bug genus Xenorhyncocoris Miller, 1938 is revised. Previously known species, X. caraboides Miller, 1938, X. princeps Miller, 1949 and X. schoenitzeri Putshkov & Bérenger, 1999, are diagnosed and photographed. A new species, X. attractivus sp. nov., is described based on male and female specimens from northeastern Borneo. The male of Xenorhyncocoris is reported for the first time, revealing the extreme sexual dimorphism present in the genus. The diagnosis of Xenorhyncocoris is extended in order to make it applicable to the new discovery, and a female-based key to species of the genus is updated. Relationships among Xenorhyncocoris and Vilius Stål, 1863, Neozirta Distant, 1919 and Schottus Distant, 1902 are briefly discussed.

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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

Abstract: 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

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

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

Taxonomic review of Xenorhyncocoris Miller (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae), with description of X. attractivus sp. nov. and notes on sexual dimorphism of the genus

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