Noualhieridia rufa Cachan, 1952

Kment, Petr, 2005, Revision of Mahea Distant, 1909, with a review of the Acanthosomatidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of Madagascar and Seychelles, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 45, pp. 21-50 : 40

Noualhieridia rufa Cachan, 1952

( Fig 33 , 49 )

Noualhieridia rufa Cachan, 1952: 309-310 (description).

Type locality. Madagascar.

Type material. LECTOTYPE: ♀, ‘Muséum Paris / Madagascar / Coll. Sicard 1930 [p] // TYPE [p, red label] // Noualhieridia / rufa / n. sp. / Cachan det. [hw] // LECTOTYPUS / Noualhieridia / rufa / Cachan 1952 / des. P. Kment 2005’ [hw, red label] ( MNHN). PARALECTOTYPE: ♀, the same labels as lectotype ( MNHN). Here designated. The lectotype is pinned ; the paralectotype is pinned on a shortened pin which is put onto a piece of card and regularly pinned.

Other material examined. MADAGASCAR bor. or.: Maroansotra [= Maroantsetra] env., Ambodivoangy [= Ambodivoahangy], Institut Scientifique Madagascar, 1 ♀, P. Kment det. ( MNHN). Sambava dct., R. N. XII – Marojejy, Ambatosoratra, 100 m, VIII-60, 1 ♀, P. Soga lgt., Institut Scientifique Madagascar, P. Kment det. ( MNHN).

Bionomy. Unknown.

Distribution. North-east Madagascar (Maroantsetra env., Sambava env.).

Figures

Figs. 31-34. Pleura and metathoracic scent gland opening, most exposed view. 31 – Mahea sexualis Distant, 1909; 32 – Catadipson imernensis (Cachan, 1952); 33 – Noualhieridia rufa Cachan, 1952; 30 – Ibocoris ficivora Roche, 1947.

Figs. 46-51. 46 – Catadipson imernensis (Cachan, 1952), female, holotype. 47 – Noualhieridia marginata Cachan, 1952, female, holotype. 48 – N. ornatula Breddin, 1898, female. 49 – N. rufa Cachan, 1952, female, lectotype. 50- 51 – Ibocoris ficivora Roche, 1947. 50 – male; 51 – female. (Photo: P. Kment – Figs. 46-49; J. Macek – Figs. 50- 51). Scale bars = 2 mm.