Cosmosycanus, a new genus of harpactorine assassin bug established for Agriosphodrus perelegans (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) |
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| Authors: | Tadashi ISHIKAWA Masaaki TOMOKUNI |
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| Institution: | Zoological Laboratory, Department of Science, Faculty of Education, Okayama University, Okayama and;Department of Zoology, National Science Museum, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | A new monotypic genus Cosmosycanus is established for Agriosphodrus perelegans Breddin, 1903. This genus is separable from Agriosphodrus Stål, 1867 by the head being much longer than the pronotum, and the posterior pronotal lobe lacking a median depression. The new genus is also distinguished from Sycanus Amyot and Serville, 1843 by the smooth posterior pronotal lobe and the unspined and non‐tuberculate scutellum. The type species, Cosmosycanus perelegans, comb. nov. is redescribed and considered the senior synonym of Sycanus elongatulus Distant, 1919. |
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| Keywords: | new combination new synonymy Vietnam |
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