Haematoloecha minor Hsiao, 1973

Rédei, Dávid & Tsai, Jing-Fu, 2012, The assassin bug genus Haematoloecha in Taiwan, with notes on species occurring in the neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae), Zootaxa 3332, pp. 1-26 : 20

Haematoloecha minor Hsiao, 1973

Figs. 31–32

Haematoloecha minor Hsiao, 1973: 62 , 70. Holotype (3): China: Shanghai; IZAS.

References. Hsiao & Ren 1981: 432 (redescription, distribution, figure, photo); Maldonado Capriles 1990: 48 (catalogue); Putshkov & Putshkov 1996: 152 (catalogue); Hua 2000: 208 (listed, distribution).

Type material examined. Paratype (3): “ CHINE \ Prov KIANGSU \ Shanghai \ MUS:E HEUDE ” [printed]; “Zi-ka-wei [printed] \ 23.5.20 [handwritten]”; “ PARATYPE [printed] \ Haematoloecha [handwritten] \ minor Hsiao [handwritten]”; pinned, antennae, all tarsi, and left mid leg distad of coxa missing ( NKUC).

Additional specimens examined. China. ‘Fukien’ [= Fujian]: ‘Kuatun’ [= Guadun], 2.iv. [19]46, leg. Tschung Sen (1 3, NMPC); same locality and collector, 25.iv. [19]46 (1 3, NMPC); same locality and collector, 12.v. [19]46 (1 3, NMPC).

Note. For demonstrating the characters differentiating H. pusilla sp. nov. and H. minor , the head, pronotum and scutellum of the latter species are illustrated based on the male paratype and additional non-type specimens from Fujian, China.

Distribution. China. Fujian: Guadun! (NMPC); Shanghai! (NKUC); Jiangsu? ( Hua 2000, perhaps referring to type locality).

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 32. Diagnostic characters of Haematoloecha pusilla sp. nov. (25 – 30) and H. minor Hsiao (Figs. 31 – 32). 25, head, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view; 26, head and pronotum, lateral view; 27, right fore leg, posterior view; 28, genital capsule, dorsal view; 29, same, lateral view; 30, dorsoapical process of genital capsule, posterior view; 31, head, pronotum and scutellum, dorsal view; 32, head and pronotum, lateral view. Scales in mm.