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

Zámbó, András and Kovács, Szilvia and Kondorosy, Előd (2019) Taxonomic notes on the genus Noteolethaeus with three new species from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae). ACTA ZOOLOGICA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL TAXONOMY AND ECOLOGY, 65 (3). pp. 253-268. ISSN 1217-8837 (print); 2064-2474 (online)

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Abstract

Three new species of Noteolethaeus Woodward et Slater, 1962 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Lethaeini) are described: N. pallens Zambo et Kondorosy, sp. n., N. vasarhelyii Zambo et Kondorosy, sp. n. and N. banari Zambo et Kondorosy, sp. n. The new species are in transitional position between Noteolethaeus Woodward et 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. n.). The following new combinations are accordingly proposed: Noteolethaeus (Sweetolethaeus) macchiaensis (Slater, 1972), comb. n. and Noteolethaeus (Sweetolethaeus) termiticolus (Slater, 1972), comb. n. Noteolethaeus leeui Woodward et Slater, 1962 is recorded for the first time from Tanzania. A key to the identification of the species of Noteolethaeus is provided.

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