Neuroctenus chilensis KORMILEV , 1975

Heiss, Ernst, 2017, The Aradidae of Chile (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Linzer biologische Beiträge 49 (1), pp. 147-158 : 156-157

Neuroctenus chilensis KORMILEV, 1975 ( Figs 23-26 )

Neuroctenus chilensis KORMILEV, 1975: 12 (original description, figures terminal segments of 3) Neuroctenus chilensis: COSCARON & CONTRERAS 2012: 67 (catalog, bibliography)

Neuroctenus chilensis was described upon a single male from Chile, W of Angol, crest of Sierra Nahuelbuta , 1200m ; the holotype is the only record to date.

Species of the genus Neuroctenus are macropterous and good flyers, of which 35 species are reported from the Neotropical Region. Therefore it seems unlikely that such a species remains unrecorded for the last 40 years. As this taxon is virtually unknown, photos of the holotype are presented here for the first time to facilitate its recognition. This is credited to Mrs. Rachel Diaz Bastin from the Californian Institute of Science (CAS) where the type is housed.

As the last key, presented by KORMILEV, 1973 for neotropical Neuroctenus is outdated and no other one including all later described species is available, a comparative examination of the types of several habitually similar species would be necessary for a reliable identification of these taxa to proof if N. chilensis is a synonym of another already described species or true endemic to Chile.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Chile: Only recorded from the holotype.

Figures

Figs 23-26: Neuroctenus chilensis, male holotype. (23) habitus dorsal; (24) lateral view; (25, 26) labels attached to the pin.