Eur. J. Entomol. 117: 343-351, 2020 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2020.039

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

Yingqi LIU1, Zhuo CHEN1, Michael D. WEBB2, Wanzhi CAI1,*
1 Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China; e-mails: yingqiliu0720@163.com; insectchen625@126.com; caiwz@cau.edu.cn
2 Department of Life Sciences (Insects), The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.; e-mail: m.webb@nhm.ac.uk

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.

Keywords: Reduviidae, Peiratinae, Neopirates, Sphodrembas, taxonomy, new species, new synonymy, Afrotropical Region, Namibia

Received: June 8, 2020; Revised: August 7, 2020; Accepted: August 7, 2020; Published online: August 28, 2020  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
LIU, Y., CHEN, Z., WEBB, M.D., & CAI, W. (2020). Revision of the assassin bug genus Neopirates (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae), with descriptions of two new species from Namibia. EJE, 117, Article 343-351. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.039
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. Cai W. & Taylor S.J. 2006: Lentireduvius, a new genus of Peiratinae from Brazil, with a key to the New World genera (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). - Zootaxa 1360: 51-60. Go to original source...
    2. Ch³ond D. 2007: Classification of the true bugs of the subfamily Peiratinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). In: Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the Polish Taxonomical Society, Wiechlice, May 18-20, 2007. - Genus (Suppl. 14): 67-69.
    3. Ch³ond D. 2018: A taxonomic revision of the genus Sirthenea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of the Old World. - Zootaxa 4520: 1-85. Go to original source...
    4. Coscarón M.C. 1995: Redescription of the monotypical genus Parapirates Villiers, 1959 (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Peiratinae). - Rev. Bras. Entomol. 39: 947-951.
    5. Coscarón M.C. 1997: Revision of the genus Peirates Serville, with a cladistic and biogeographic analysis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae, Peiratinae). - Entomol. Scand. 28: 39-73. Go to original source...
    6. Coscarón M.C. 1999: Redescription of Rapites Villiers 1948 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). - Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 101: 619-623.
    7. Coscarón M.C. 2002: Systematic analysis of Calistocoris Reuter, 1881, Ceratopirates Schouteden, 1933, and Pachysandalus Jeannel, 1916 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). - Ann. Mus. Roy. Afr. Centr. (Ser. 8, Sci. Zool.) 290: 27-37.
    8. Coscarón M.C. & Morrone J.J. 1995: Systematics, cladistics, and biogeography of the Peirates collarti and P. lepturoides species groups (Heteroptera: Reduviidae, Peiratinae). - Entomol. Scand. 26: 191-228. Go to original source...
    9. Ghauri M.S.K. 1964: A remarkable phenomenon amongst the males of Piratinae (Reduviidae, Heteroptera). - Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 7: 733-737. Go to original source...
    10. Lent H. & Wygodzinsky P. 1979: Revision of the Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their significance as vectors of Chagas' disease. - Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 163: 125-520.
    11. Maldonado-Capriles J. 1990: Systematic Catalogue of the Reduviidae of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera). A special edition of Caribbean Journal of Science, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, x+694 pp.
    12. Melo M.C. 2012: On the taxonomic placement of the genus Sinnamarynus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), and a new record of S. rasahusoides from Peru. - Check List 8: 540-541. Go to original source...
    13. Miller N.C.E. 1952: New Reduviidae in the collection of the British Museum (Natural History Museum). VIII. - Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 12: 539-552. Go to original source...
    14. Shorthouse D.P. 2010: SimpleMappr, an Online Tool to Produce Publication-quality Point Maps. URL: https://www.simplemappr.net. (last accessed 22 Oct. 2019).
    15. Swanson D.R. 2019: Doomed to a vile lot: new taxa, notes, and an updated generic key for the Old World corsairs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). - Zootaxa 4700: 196-228. Go to original source...
    16. Weirauch C., Bérenger J.M., Berniker L., Forero D., Forthman M., Frankenberg S., Freedman A., Gordon E., Hoey-Chamberlain R., Hwang W.S. et al. 2014: An illustrated identification key to assassin bug subfamilies and tribes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). - Can. J. Arthr. Identif. 26: 1-115.
    17. Zhang G. & Weirauch C. 2011: Matching dimorphic sexes and immature stages with adults: resolving the systematics of the Bekilya group of Malagasy assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). - Syst. Entomol. 36: 115-138. Go to original source...

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content