Laccocoris limicola ( Stål, 1855 )

Mbogho, Aaron Y. & Sites, Robert W., 2013, Naucoridae Leach, 1815 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Tanzania, African Invertebrates 54 (2), pp. 513-513 : 523

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.054.0218

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917997

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Laccocoris limicola ( Stål, 1855 )
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Laccocoris limicola ( Stål, 1855) View in CoL View at ENA

Figs 17 View Figs 17–19 , 30 View Fig

Naucoris limicola Stål, 1855: 46 .

Laccocoris limicola: Stål 1865: 178 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Laccocoris limicola can be distinguished from its two known congeners in Tanzania by the triangular or acuminate labrum nearly as long as wide and the produced, bluntly acute mesosternal tubercle. This species also has a body length of 8.5–9.3 mm and sharp posterolateral corners of the pronotum ( Fig. 17 View Figs 17–19 ). It is known in Tanzania only from specimens with micropterous hindwings; however, if a different wing morph is discovered the posterolateral corners of the pronotum probably will be of a different shape.

Material examined: TANZANIA: Kagera Region: Kagera / Kigoma regional border, Muvozi River , 3°11.331'S 31°02.129'E, 27.vii.2010, 1156 m, R.W. Sites & A. Mbogho, rocky stream with dense filamentous vegetation, L-1158 ( UMC; 5♂, 2♀). Kigoma Region: 40 km N of Kigoma, 4°53.201'S 29°52.190'E, 952 m, 27.vii.2010, R.W. Sites & A. Mbogho, rapid stream with slab rocks, gravel, marginal vegetation, L-1165 ( UMC; 1♂, 1♀) GoogleMaps .

Distribution: Laccocoris limicola was originally described from Gariep (Northern Cape Province) and Limpopo, South Africa ( Stål 1855). During our collections, the species was found in Kagera and Kigoma regions of western Tanzania. In each of the collections, it was taken syntopically with L. limigenus Stål in association with rocks and submerged vegetation in moderate current.

Discussion: The African species of Laccocoris were apportioned into two groups by Poisson (1949): the spurcus group and the limigenus group. Laccocoris limicola is in the spurcus group, which is characterized as having slightly shortened membranes of the hemelytra and brachypterous or micropterous hindwings, and the posterolateral angles of the pronotum are more or less acute and recurved caudad (Poisson 1949; Linnavuori 1987). Linnavuori (1987) added that the membranes of the hemelytra are acuminate apically.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Naucoridae

Genus

Laccocoris

Loc

Laccocoris limicola ( Stål, 1855 )

Mbogho, Aaron Y. & Sites, Robert W. 2013
2013
Loc

Naucoris limicola Stål, 1855: 46

STAL, C. 1855: 46
1855
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