Eur. J. Entomol. 117: 252-259, 2020 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2020.027

Chenicoris dilatatus, a remarkable new genus and new species of assassin bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from southern ChinaOriginal article

Zhuo CHEN1, Jianyun WANG2, Hu LI1, Wanzhi CAI1,*
1 Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China; e-mails: insectchen625@126.com, tigerleecau@hotmail.com, caiwz@cau.edu.cn
2 Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China; e-mail: wjycau@gmail.com

Chenicoris dilatatus gen. n. & sp. n. from southern China is described and placed in the largest assassin bug subfamily Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The new species is similar to members of Isyndus Stål, 1859 in general habitus, but can be distinguished from the latter by the unarmed anterior pronotal lobe, the laterally dilated lobe-like abdominal segment V and several features of its genitalia.

Keywords: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, Chenicoris dilatatus, new genus, new species, taxonomy, China

Received: February 14, 2020; Revised: May 5, 2020; Accepted: May 5, 2020; Published online: May 26, 2020  Show citation

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CHEN, Z., WANG, J., Hu, L., & CAI, W. (2020). Chenicoris dilatatus, a remarkable new genus and new species of assassin bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from southern China. EJE, 117, Article 252-259. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.027
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