Oncocephalus subspinosus (Amyot & Serville, 1843)

Krüger, Andreas, 2019, Notes on Afrotropical Enicocephalidae and Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with emphasis on vehicle-mounted net samples from Liberia, West Africa, Zootaxa 4688 (2), pp. 232-248 : 240

Oncocephalus subspinosus (Amyot & Serville, 1843)

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Material examined: LIBERIA: Bong county, Weadea creek, Haindi , 6°52′N 10°21′W, 21.vi.1989, at light, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♂) .

Distribution: New for Liberia. Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone.

Remark: About 65 Oncocephalus species were listed by Maldonado Capriles (1990) for the Afrotropical region (excluding islands), only 17 of which were keyed by Villiers (1948). This suggests that the genus needs a revision. As this specimen does not match O. quinquedecimspinulosus Reuter, 1882 , which was reported from Liberia by Villiers (1948, see below), the given identification may serve the aim of faunistics for the time being, though based on an outdated key.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Reduviidae. A, Nagusta sp. near carayoni; B, N. gracilis; C, Oncocephalus subspinosus; D, O. zumpti; E, Peirates maurus; F, Peirates sp., lateral view of pygophore, and parameres; G, Peprius nodulipes; H, Petalocheirus rubiginosus, protibia, head and thorax; I, Pisilus tipuliformis; J, Platychiria murrayi, protibia and dorsal habitus; K, P. ugandensis, protibia and dorsal habitus; L, Parapirates cachani, dorsal habitus, pygophore spine, right and left parameres in lateral views. Scale bars of habitus pictures: A–E, G, I–L, 5 mm.