Revision of the genus Kunungua (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) with descriptions of three new species and new generic synonymy

By

Bolshakova, Darya S.
Konstantinov, Fedor V. (Fedor Vladimirovich), 1974-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-7-31

Original Publication

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume

71

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

219--239

Subjects

Central Africa , Distribution , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung 1881-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.71.122735

 

Abstract

This study provides a taxonomic revision of the genus Kunungua Carvalho, 1951 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Bryocorinae, Eccritotarsini) with the description of three new species, K. atramentomaculatasp. nov., K. geminasp. nov., and K. ornatasp. nov. Revised diagnoses for the genus and three additional species are given, along with a key to the species. Habitus photographs, illustrations of male genitalic structures, and distributional information are provided for each species. The placement of Kunungua within the Prodromus group of genera is discussed. The genus Duducoris Odhiambo, 1962 is recognised as a new junior subjective synonym of Prodromus Distant, 1904, resulting in new combinations for the five species contained in the subsumed genus. Kunungua pallida Linnavuori, 1975 is excluded from the genus Kunungua and treated as a species of uncertain generic placement.