Platychiria ugandensis (Miller, 1950)

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 : 241

Platychiria ugandensis (Miller, 1950)

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Material examined: UGANDA: Kabarole district, Itwara forest, near Sogohi-Nyakwisi Rivers , 0°47′N 30°30′E, 11.vii.1995, hand-collected, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♂) .

Distribution: Uganda.

Remark: Originally described from a single specimen ( Miller, 1950b), the present record apparently represents the second specimen ever reported (both males).

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.