Peprius nodulipes (Signoret, 1858)

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 : 241

Peprius nodulipes (Signoret, 1858)

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Material examined: LIBERIA: Bong county, trip Menla—Weadea bridge, 6°55′N 10°20′W, 11.v.1989, 6:03–6:40 pm, vehicle-mounted net, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♂) ; Bong mine, Dam 1b/2b, 165 m, 20.v.1989, hand-collected, leg. Rolf Garms (2 ♀♀) .

Distribution: Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria.

Remark: Easily separable from the two other known species of the genus, although Villiers (1948) indicated the possibility of P. bequaerti Schouteden, 1932 being only a variant of P. nodulipes .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Reduviidae. A, Nagusta sp. near carayoni; B, N. gracilis; C, Oncocephalus subspinosus; D, O. zumpti; E, Peirates maurus; F, Peirates sp., lateral view of pygophore, and parameres; G, Peprius nodulipes; H, Petalocheirus rubiginosus, protibia, head and thorax; I, Pisilus tipuliformis; J, Platychiria murrayi, protibia and dorsal habitus; K, P. ugandensis, protibia and dorsal habitus; L, Parapirates cachani, dorsal habitus, pygophore spine, right and left parameres in lateral views. Scale bars of habitus pictures: A–E, G, I–L, 5 mm.