Revision of the genus Ninomimus Lindberg, 1934 (Hemiptera, Lygaeoidea, Ninidae), with the description of a new species from China

By

Gao, Cuiqing
Cao, Suyan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1228

Pages

295--306

Subjects

Heteroptera , identification key , Ninomimus fuscus , taxonomy , true bugs

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1228.140752

 

Abstract

The species of Ninomimus Lindberg, 1934 are reviewed. A new species, Ninomimus fuscussp. nov., is described from Hunan Province, China. It differs from its two congeners in its shiny body and translucid hemelytra. A diagnosis of the genus, a key to the included species, photographs of habitus and male genitalia of selected species, and micrographs of the pruinose area of the type species are also presented.