Hediocoris, Reuter, 1882

Krüger, Andreas, 2019, Notes on Afrotropical Enicocephalidae and Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with emphasis on vehicle-mounted net samples from Liberia, West Africa, Zootaxa 4688 (2), pp. 232-248 : 238

Hediocoris sp.

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Material examined: LIBERIA: Bong county, Gengema at St. Paul River , 6°54′N 10°22′W, 120 m, 6.iv.1989, handcollected, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♀) .

Remark: The specimen has a color pattern different from the four described species of the genus ( Maldonado Capriles, 1990), being entirely reddish dorsally except a darkish macula at the apical part of hemelytra, black antennal segment I and II, and infuscate legs. Ventrally, the abdomen shows the alternate red-yellow pattern typical for members of the genus.

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FIGURE 3. Reduviidae. A, Fusius dilutus liberiensis; B, Hediocoris sp.; C, Khafra elegans; D, Lisarda vandenplasi. Genus Microstemmatodes. E+F, habitus and paramere of M. occidentalis observed from different angles; G+H, M. atrocyanea, specimen from Cameroon (Zoologisches Museum Hamburg). Scale bars: A–D, E+G, 5 mm; F+H, 0.5 mm.