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1 May 2016 Four new species, first Australian records and review of the Phorticine genus Rhamphocoris, and key to Genera and review of Australian Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae)
Gerasimos Cassis
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Abstract

The poorly known nabid genus Rhamphocoris Kirkaldy, 1901 is reviewed and the genus is redescribed. Four new species are described: R. linnavuorii sp. nov. and R. monteithi sp. nov. from Australia, R. sejunctus sp. nov. from Laos and Sarawak, and R. tenebrosus sp. nov. from Thailand. The male genitalia of R. linnavuorii and R. tenebrosus are illustrated and described. A key to species is given, which is based on species descriptions, photographs of R. borneensis (Schumacher, 1914), R. elegantulus (Schumacher, 1914), R. hasegawai (Ishihara, 1943) and R. reuteri (Bergroth, 1918), as well as original descriptions, and redescription of R. elegantulus. The description of R. linnavuorii and R. monteithi from Australia extends the distribution of the genus by >2500 km and is the first record of the genus east of Sulawesi. An overview of the Australian nabid fauna including two subfamilies, eight genera and 25 species, and a key to nabid genera found in Australian is given. A commentary on characters of the Nabidae is given, with reference to genital and external characters, as well a short discussion on the distribution of Rhamphocoris.

New York Entomological Society
Gerasimos Cassis "Four new species, first Australian records and review of the Phorticine genus Rhamphocoris, and key to Genera and review of Australian Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae)," Entomologica Americana 122(1-2), 169-198, (1 May 2016). https://doi.org/10.1664/15-RA-057
Published: 1 May 2016
KEYWORDS
Australia
Ekblom’s organ
Nabidae
new species
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