Sinierus capensis Dallas, 1852

Zámbó, András, Baňař, Petr, Kovács, Szilvia & Kondorosy, Előd, 2022, Drymini of Madagascar, with description of a new genus and three new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62 (1), pp. 211-223 : 220

Sinierus capensis Dallas, 1852

( Figs 14 , 22 )

Material examined. MADAGASCAR: N Madagascar / Antsiranana / distr. Sambirano riv. / Marovato VIII., 2001 / J. Rolcik leg. 5-12. 12. (1 J, EKKH); Coll. Mus. Tervuren / N. E. Madagascar: / Maroantsetra VII. 1959 / J. Vadon (1 ♀, RMCA); Madagascar 1995 / Antananarivo Distr. / Manankazo env., Dec. / 9-13., J. Stolarczyk leg. // 5977/23670 / coll. Upper Silesian Museum / (USMB) Bytom, Poland (1 ♀, USMB).

Distribution in Madagascar ( Fig. 14 ). The species was recorded in Madagascar by Scudder from Andobo (Antsingy forest) (Sർඎൽൽൾඋ 1984); we found one male and one female in northern and northeastern Madagascar.

General distribution. Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Congo Belge), Madagascar, Republic of the Congo, SouthAfrica, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda (Sർඎൽൽൾඋ 1984).

Figures

Fig. 14. Distribution of Sinierus species in Madagascar.

Figs 17–24. Dorsal view of Madagascarian Salaciola and Sinierus species. 17 – Salaciola acutangulata Slater, 1994; 18 – Salaciola caliginosa Slater, 1989; 19 – Salaciola nana Bergroth, 1906; 20 – Salaciola signaticornis Linnavuori, 1978; 21 – Salaciola sp. nov.; 22 – Sinierus capensis Dallas, 1852; 23 – Sinierus nudus Scudder, 1984; 24 – Sinierus sp. nov. (Photos by A. Zámbó & P. Baňař).