Taxonomic notes on the genus Noteolethaeus with three new species from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae)

  • András Zámbó Festetics Doctoral School, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Deák F. u. 16, Keszthely, H-8360 Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6979-1125
  • Szilvia Kovács Department of Animal Science, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, H-8360 Keszthely, Deák F. u. 16, Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6479-8088
  • Előd Kondorosy Department of Animal Science, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, Deák F. u. 16, Keszthely, H-8360 Hungary https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-0862
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.65.3.253.2019
Keywords: Lygaeoidea, Lethaeini, Noteolethaeus, Sweetolethaeus, new status, new species

Abstract

Three new species of Noteolethaeus Woodward & Slater, 1962 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Lethaeini) are described: N. pallens Zámbó & Kondorosy, sp. nov., N. vasarhelyii Zámbó & Kondorosy, sp. nov. and N. banari Zámbó & Kondorosy, sp. nov. The new species are in transitional position between Noteolethaeus Woodward & Slater, 1962 and Sweetolethaeus Slater, 1972, rendering the genus-level differentiation of the above two genera impossible. However, because the type species of the two genera are rather dissimilar, Sweetolethaeus is retained as subgenus of Noteolethaeus (stat. nov.). The following new combinations are accordingly proposed: N. (S.) macchiaensis (Slater, 1972), comb. nov. and N. (S.) termiticolus (Slater, 1972), comb. nov. N. leeui Woodward & Slater, 1962 is recorded for the first time from Tanzania. A key to the identification of the species of Noteolethaeus is provided.

Published
2019-08-14
How to Cite
ZámbóA., KovácsS., & KondorosyE. (2019). Taxonomic notes on the genus Noteolethaeus with three new species from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 65(3), 253-268. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.65.3.253.2019
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Vol. 65 No. 3 (2019): Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
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