Review and three new species of the flat bug genus Neochelonoderus Hoberlandt, 1967 from East Africa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)

Ernst Heiss; Vasily Grebennikov

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.9

Review and three new species of the flat bug genus Neochelonoderus Hoberlandt, 1967 from East Africa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)

Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 17;3947(4):581-9. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.9.

Authors

Ernst Heiss¹, Vasily Grebennikov²

Affiliations

¹ Tiroler Landesmuseum, Josef-Schraffl-Strasse 2a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.; Email: aradus@aon.at.
² Ottawa Plant Laboratory, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada.; Email: Vasily.Grebennikov@inspection.gc.ca.

PMID: 25947757
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.9

Abstract

The apterous East African Mezirinae flat bug genus Neochelonoderus Hoberlandt 1967 is revised. In addition to known species from Burundi (N. basilewskyi) and Democratic Republic of the Congo (N. straeleni), two new species from Tanzania (N. talaus n. sp. and N. areius n. sp.) and one from Zambia (N. hoberlandti n. sp.) are described and illustrated. A key to the species of Neochelonoderus is presented.

MeSH terms

Africa, Eastern
Animal Distribution*
Animals
Female
Heteroptera / anatomy & histology*
Heteroptera / classification
Male
Species Specificity