New genera and species of Lygaeoidea (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae)

  • Afralampes capensis is described as a new genus and species in the Megalonotini. The systematic position of Serranegra Lindberg is discussed, a new species is described from South Africa and a key to species included. A new species of Diniella Bergroth is described from South Africa and a key to the African species included. A new species of Polycrates Stal is described from South Africa. The immature stages of Polycrates consutus (Germar) are described with notes on its distribution and biology. The first records of the occurrence of species of Lampropunctus Scudder and Lamproceps Reuter from South Africa are included. Wing polymorphism is discussed. Lispolophus Bergroth is reduced to junior synonymy with Diniella. Diniella nitens (Wagner) is reduced to a junior synonym of Diniella laevicollis.

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Author:James A. Slater
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-237705
ISSN:1942-1354
ISSN:0749-6737
Parent Title (English):Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics
Publisher:Center for Systematic Entomology
Place of publication:Gainesville, Fla.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1998
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Contributing Corporation:Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
Release Date:2011/12/29
Volume:12
Issue:3-4
Page Number:12
First Page:239
Last Page:250
HeBIS-PPN:356975266
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie)
Sammlungen:Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte:Insecta Mundi / Insecta Mundi, Volume 12 (1998)
:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-333606
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0