New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic

The Hispaniolan fauna of Reduviidae is only partially known, as it has never been the subject of a comprehensive taxonomic or faunistic inventory. These species belong to Neotropical genera that have Caribbean, Central and South American distributions. In this contribution new records are given for...

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Main Author: Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
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Language:English
Published: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano" 2023-07-01
Series:Novitates Caribaea
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Online Access:https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/340
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description The Hispaniolan fauna of Reduviidae is only partially known, as it has never been the subject of a comprehensive taxonomic or faunistic inventory. These species belong to Neotropical genera that have Caribbean, Central and South American distributions. In this contribution new records are given for 14 species of assassin bugs belonging to six subfamilies. Among these, seven species are first records from the Dominican Republic and the island of Hispaniola: Bactrodes spinulosus Stål, 1862 (Bactrodinae), Lophoscutus rideri Kormilev, 1988, Lophoscutus rugosipes (Guérin-Méneville, 1857) both belonging to Phymatinae, Leogorrus pallipes Stål, 1872 (Reduviinae), and the Saicinae species Oncerotrachelus nasutus (Bergroth, 1913), Tagalis drakkar Varela & Melo, 2017 and Tagalis grossi Gil-Santana, 2011. With these new records the reported extant fauna of Hispaniolan Reduviidae reaches a total of 46 documented species, which are classified in 25 genera and 10 subfamilies. Additionally, 13 fossil species have been reported from the Dominican amber.
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spelling doaj.art-a8d6d2c3f97c408b9983ffda8453875a2023-07-21T18:04:38ZengMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano"Novitates Caribaea2071-98412079-01392023-07-0122718110.33800/nc.vi22.340322New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican RepublicDaniel E. Perez-Gelabert0National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, USAThe Hispaniolan fauna of Reduviidae is only partially known, as it has never been the subject of a comprehensive taxonomic or faunistic inventory. These species belong to Neotropical genera that have Caribbean, Central and South American distributions. In this contribution new records are given for 14 species of assassin bugs belonging to six subfamilies. Among these, seven species are first records from the Dominican Republic and the island of Hispaniola: Bactrodes spinulosus Stål, 1862 (Bactrodinae), Lophoscutus rideri Kormilev, 1988, Lophoscutus rugosipes (Guérin-Méneville, 1857) both belonging to Phymatinae, Leogorrus pallipes Stål, 1872 (Reduviinae), and the Saicinae species Oncerotrachelus nasutus (Bergroth, 1913), Tagalis drakkar Varela & Melo, 2017 and Tagalis grossi Gil-Santana, 2011. With these new records the reported extant fauna of Hispaniolan Reduviidae reaches a total of 46 documented species, which are classified in 25 genera and 10 subfamilies. Additionally, 13 fossil species have been reported from the Dominican amber.https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/340reduviidshispaniolagreater antilleswest indies
spellingShingle Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert
New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
Novitates Caribaea
reduviids
hispaniola
greater antilles
west indies
title New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
title_full New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
title_fullStr New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
title_full_unstemmed New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
title_short New records of assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the Dominican Republic
title_sort new records of assassin bugs hemiptera heteroptera reduviidae for the dominican republic
topic reduviids
hispaniola
greater antilles
west indies
url https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/340
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