Revision of the genus Tachytatus (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae)
Varga Katinka, Kondorosy Elöd
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54(1): 99-108, 2014
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Abstract: The Oriental genus Tachytatus Bergroth, 1918 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera:
Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Ozophorini), so far monotypic,
is revised. The genus and its type species, T. prolixicornis Bergroth, 1918
(Philippines), are redescribed and recorded from Malaysia (Sabah) and Indonesia
(Sumatra) for the first time. Three new species are described from various
Indonesian islands: T. redeii sp. nov. from Siberut (Mentawai Islands), T.
celebensis sp. nov., and T. longirostris sp. nov. from Sulawesi. A key is
provided to identify the species.
Key words: Hemiptera; Heteroptera; Rhyparochromidae; Ozophorini; Tachytatus; key; new species; taxonomy; distribution; Indonesia; Malaysia; Oriental Region