Neomacrocoris usambaricus Montandon, 1913
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https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.054.0218 |
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Neomacrocoris usambaricus Montandon, 1913 |
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Neomacrocoris usambaricus Montandon, 1913 View in CoL
Figs 5 View Figs 5–8 , 25 View Figs 23–29
Neomacrocoris usambaricus: Montandon 1913 a: 332–334 View in CoL ; Sites & Mbogho 2012: 30–33 View Cited Treatment (neotype de-
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Diagnosis: Although it is large, N. usambaricus is not in the group of distinctly large and ovate species which includes N. karimii and N. vuga (see below). The pronotum is largely devoid of dark maculation ( Fig. 25 View Figs 23–29 ). Currently, only the female is known and lateral margins of the subgenital plate are gently sinuate to the distal spatulate process and without projections. Body length of the neotype is 10.96 mm.
Neotype (examined): [ DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO]:‘ Tuevo [5°S 13°E], 2-VIII-1911, R. Mayné / R. det., A, 202 / Neomacrocoris usambaricus 1913 Montandon, det Montandon 1914’ ( RMCA; ♀). GoogleMaps
Distribution: Originally reported from W. Usambara of Tanzania and also known from Tuevo in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Discussion: This species was described by Montandon when he established the genus, and subsequently was designated the type species of the genus by Štys and Jansson (1988). Montandon reported only one specimen from West Usambara in the original description and that it was deposited in the “Deutsches Nat. Mus. Berlin.” This and many other museum collections throughout Europe, Africa, and the United States were queried or searched for the type, but it was not located ( Sites & Mbogho 2012). As a consequence, a neotype from Tuevo, Democratic Republic of the Congo was established. The neotype is a female determined by Montandon, thus it is the only known specimen and males are not known at this time. Despite our collections in several streams in the area of West Usambara, nothing resembling the neotype was found.
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Royal Museum for Central Africa |
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Neomacrocoris usambaricus Montandon, 1913
Mbogho, Aaron Y. & Sites, Robert W. 2013 |