The Oriental flat bug genus Libiocoris Kormilev, 1957 revisited: re-examination, synonymy, and description of a new genus (Heteroptera, Aradidae)

Xiaoshuan Bai; Ernst Heiss; Wanzhi Cai

doi:10.3897/zookeys.789.26165

The Oriental flat bug genus Libiocoris Kormilev, 1957 revisited: re-examination, synonymy, and description of a new genus (Heteroptera, Aradidae)

Zookeys. 2018 Oct 10:(789):115-137. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.789.26165. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Xiaoshuan Bai¹, Ernst Heiss², Wanzhi Cai³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University Huhhot China.
² Inner Mongolia Normal University, Zhaowuda Road 81, Tiroler Landesmuseum Innsbruck Austria.
³ Huhhot, 010022, Inner Mongolia, China China Agricultural University Beijing China.

Abstract

Re-examination of type specimens of LibiocorisKormilev 1957, L.poecilus from New Guinea and other taxa assigned to this genus, the Chinese Libiocorisheissi Bai, Yang & Cai, 2006 and Libiocorissinensis Bai, Yang & Cai, 2006 proved to be synonyms, thus L.heissi = L.sinensis syn. n. They are, however, different from Libiocoris Kormilev, 1957 to which they were originally assigned and a new genus Paralibiocoris gen. n. is proposed for them. Therefore Paralibiocorisheissi comb. n. = Libiocorisheissi Bai et al., 2006 = Libiocorissinensis Bai et al., 2006, syn. n. From Hainan Island, China, the following new species, P.roundangulus sp. n., P.hainanensis sp. n., and P.limuensis sp. n., are described and figured and a key to species is provided.

Keywords: Aradidae; Carventinae; Heteroptera; Libiocoris; Paralibiocoris; China; new combination; new genus; new species; new synonymy.