On the Afrotropical species of Myrmoplasta (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)
Stehlík Jaroslav L.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 47: 93-108, 2007
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Abstract: Myrmoplasta kmenti sp. nov. (brachypterous morph) from the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (former Zaire), and macropterous morph of M. mira Gerstäcker,
1892, from Swaziland are described. New distributional records of M.
vittiventris Carlini, 1894, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania are given. Myrmoplasta potteri Martin, 1900,
syn. nov., and M. potteri var. nigra Courteaux, 1922, syn. nov., are considered
junior synonyms of M. vittiventris, and M. pseudomira Ahmad & Zaidi, 1987,
syn. nov., a junior synonym of M. mira. The ancestral stock of the genus
Myrmoplasta Gerstäcker, 1892, and the phylogenetic relationships of its
Afrotropical species are discussed.
Key words: Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae, Aderrhis, Courtesius, Dermatinus, Myrmoplasta, morphology, taxonomy, new species, new synonyms, faunistics, Afrotropical region