Ectomocoris, Mayr, 1865

Malipatil, M. B., Liu, Yingqi & Cai, Wanzhi, 2023, Revision of Australian Ectomocoris with the description of nine new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Zootaxa 5263 (4), pp. 451-504 : 453-454

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.4.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7838487

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Ectomocoris
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Key to Australian species of Ectomocoris View in CoL View at ENA

1. Basal two visible segments of abdomen almost similarly coloured fuscous or blackish as remainder of abdomen ventrally (e.g., Figs. 1B&C View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 , 5B–F View FIGURE 5 , 8B&C View FIGURE 8 , 11 View FIGURE 11 , 12B–D View FIGURE 12 , 19B&C View FIGURE19 , 20B&C View FIGURE 20 , 21 View FIGURE 21 , 22B–D View FIGURE 22 , 23B&C, E&F View FIGURE 23 , 30B&C View FIGURE 30 , 32 View FIGURE 32 , 33B&C View FIGURE 33 )........... 2

-. Basal two visible segments of abdomen almost completely orange in contrast to fuscous or black remainder of abdomen ventrally (e.g., Figs. 4C&D View FIGURE 4 , 14B&C View FIGURE 14 , 16B&C View FIGURE 16 , 17 View FIGURE 17 , 26–28 View FIGURE 26 View FIGURE 27 View FIGURE 28 ).................................................... 10

2. Male abdominal sternum VII normal, without extragenital process ( Figs. 8C View FIGURE 8 , 30C View FIGURE 30 )................................. 3

-. Male abdominal sternum VII with extragenital process on its left side ( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 , 6 View FIGURE 6 , 11E View FIGURE 11 , 12D View FIGURE 12 , 20B View FIGURE 20 , 21B&C View FIGURE 21 , 22B&D View FIGURE 22 , 24 View FIGURE 24 ).... 5

3. Connexiva uniformly orange red ( Figs. 32 View FIGURE 32 , 33 View FIGURE 33 ).......................................... E. truculentus ( Stål, 1863) View in CoL

-. Connexiva with alternating dark and light areas ( Figs. 8 View FIGURE 8 , 9 View FIGURE 9 , 30 View FIGURE 30 )................................................. 4

4. Male with a median carina on abdominal venter ending in a bifurcate spine-like process on posterior margin of sternum VII ( Fig. 31 View FIGURE 31 ); fore tibia with fossula spongiosa occupying about half length of tibia ( Fig. 30B&C View FIGURE 30 )............................................................................................... E. spinosus Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

-. Male without a median carina on abdominal venter ending in a bifurcate spine-like process on posterior margin of sternum VII ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 ); fore tibia with fossula spongiosa occupying over 2/3 tibial length ( Figs. 8B&C View FIGURE 8 , 9B View FIGURE 9 )..... E. decoratus ( Stål, 1863)

5. Hemelytra in macropterous form with most of corium yellow ( Figs. 12A View FIGURE 12 , 22A View FIGURE 22 ), in brachypterous form one subbasal median oblique yellow patch adjoining and behind clavus ( Figs. 11A&D View FIGURE 11 , 21A View FIGURE 21 ).......................................... 6

-. Hemelytra in macropterous form with most of corium fuscous or black ( Figs. 1A View FIGURE 1 , 5A View FIGURE 5 , 19A View FIGURE19 , 20A View FIGURE 20 , 23A, 23D View FIGURE 23 ), in brachypterous (not in micropterous) form with two yellow patches on corium ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 )......................................... 7

6. Entire clavus fuscous or black in contrast to mostly yellow corium ( Figs. 11A&D View FIGURE 11 , 12A View FIGURE 12 )..................................................................................................... E. fuscatus Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

-. Apical almost 3/4 of clavus yellow like most of corium ( Figs. 21A View FIGURE 21 , 22A View FIGURE 22 )................................................................................................................. E. luteolus Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

7. Hemelytra with one yellow patch ( Fig. 23A&D View FIGURE 23 ); body length 25–28 mm ................................................................................................................... E. major Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

-. Hemelytra with two yellow patches ( Figs. 1A View FIGURE 1 , 5A&D View FIGURE 5 , 19A View FIGURE19 , 20A View FIGURE 20 ); body length <20 mm ............................. 8

8. Hemelytra with both yellow to brownish yellow patches dissimilar in size, the subbasal patch an extremely small elongate stripe on corium adjoining claval suture and, distal (second) one a large patch about halfway on inside of hemelytra on apical area of corium and base of membrane, covering most of AIC and narrow basal area of AEC ( Fig. 5A&D View FIGURE 5 )............................................................................................. E. borealis Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

-. Hemelytra with both yellow to brownish yellow patches of about similar size, distal (second) patch almost transversely positioned ( Figs. 1A View FIGURE 1 , 19A View FIGURE19 , 20A View FIGURE 20 )......................................................................... 9

9. Hemelytra with second yellow patch on apical area of corium and basal area of membrane narrow, transverse and positioned mostly in cell AIC ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 )....................................................... E. australicus ( Reuter, 1881)

-. Hemelytra with second yellow patch broad and almost roundish and positioned in both AIC and AEC ( Figs. 19A View FIGURE19 , 20A View FIGURE 20 ).............................................................................. E. latus Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

10. Only micropterous known; micropterous form with base of abdomen dorsally with a pair of large reddish orange patches fully separated by fuscous median narrow band ( Fig. 4A&B View FIGURE 4 ).......................... E. binotatus Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

-. Macropterous and micropterous forms known or only macropterous form known; micropterous form with base of abdomen dorsally without a pair of orange patches as above ( Figs. 17 View FIGURE 17 , 27 View FIGURE 27 , 28 View FIGURE 28 )............................................ 11

11. Macropterous form with hemelytra including most of clavus and all of corium similarly coloured orange or orangish brown ( Fig. 16A View FIGURE 16 )............................................................. E. interiorius Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

-. Macropterous form with hemelytra (except membrane) brownish orange except clavus and inner narrow area of corium (between PCu+1A and Cu) adjoining distal 2/3 length of clavus darker ( Figs. 14A View FIGURE 14 , 26A View FIGURE 26 )............................ 12

12. Body large (17.2–18.3 mm); legs mostly brownish orange in contrast to black head and pronotum ( Figs. 26–28 View FIGURE 26 View FIGURE 27 View FIGURE 28 )............................................................................................. E. ornatus ( Stål, 1863) View in CoL

-. Body small (10.6 mm); legs entirely and uniformly blackish as head and pronotum ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14 )............................................................................................ E. fuscifemoralis Malipatil & Liu , sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Reduviidae

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