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

By

Bai, Xiaoshuan
Heiss, Ernst
Cai, Wanzhi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

789

Pages

115--137

Subjects

Aradidae , Carventinae , China , Heteroptera , Libiocoris , new combination , new genus , new species , new synonymy , Paralibiocoris

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.789.26165

 

Abstract

Re-examination of type specimens ofLibiocorisKormilev 1957,L.poecilusfrom New Guinea and other taxa assigned to this genus, the ChineseLibiocorisheissiBai, Yang & Cai, 2006 andLibiocorissinensisBai, Yang & Cai, 2006 proved to be synonyms, thusL.heissi=L.sinensissyn. n. They are, however, different fromLibiocorisKormilev, 1957 to which they were originally assigned and a new genusParalibiocorisgen. n.is proposed for them. ThereforeParalibiocorisheissicomb. n. =LibiocorisheissiBai et al., 2006 =LibiocorissinensisBai et al., 2006, syn. n. From Hainan Island, China, the following new species,P.roundangulussp. n.,P.hainanensissp. n., andP.limuensissp. n., are described and figured and a key to species is provided.