Eur. J. Entomol. 118: 225-239, 2021 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2021.024

Taxonomic notes on the tribe Ectinoderini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from the Indochinese PeninsulaOriginal article

Zhuo CHEN ORCID...1, Valérie A. LEMAÎTRE ORCID...2, Wanzhi CAI ORCID...1
1 Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China; e-mails: insectchen625@126.com, caiwz@cau.edu.cn
2 Department of Life Sciences (Insects), The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.; e-mail: v.lemaitre@nhm.ac.uk

The identities of two species of assassin bugs in the tribe Ectinoderini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from the Indochinese Peninsula are reviewed, resulting in the following new synonymy and new combinations: Amulius Stål, 1865 = Parapanthous Distant, 1919, syn. n.; Amulius spinicollis (Distant, 1919), comb. n. (transferred from Parapanthous) and Ectinoderus confragosus (Distant, 1919), comb. n. (transferred from Amulius). Lectotypes of these species are designated. The hemelytral venations of Amulius and Ectinoderus Westwood, 1843 are briefly discussed and their diagnoses accordingly revised. Amulius is newly reported from Vietnam and Ectinoderus is recorded from Cambodia for the first time.

Keywords: Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, Ectinoderini, Amulius, Ectinoderus, Parapanthous, taxonomy, new synonymy, new combination, Oriental Region

Received: April 24, 2021; Revised: July 13, 2021; Accepted: July 13, 2021; Published online: August 6, 2021  Show citation

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CHEN, Z., LEMAÎTRE, V.A., & CAI, W. (2021). Taxonomic notes on the tribe Ectinoderini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from the Indochinese Peninsula. EJE, 118, Article 225-239. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2021.024
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