Redeicephala taylori, a new genus and species of Reduviidae from New Guinea, with notes on a few morphological features of the Tribelocephalinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Davranoglou Leonidas-Romanos
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56(1): 39-50, 2016
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Abstract: Redeicephala taylori gen. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera. Heteroptera: Reduviidae:
Tribelocephalinae: Opistoplatyini) is described from Torricelli Mountains, New
Guinea. The phylogenetic affinities of the new genus are discussed.
Morphological characters which could be useful in a systematic analysis of
Tribelocephalinae are also noted.
Key words: Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Tribelocephalinae, Tribelocephalini, Opistoplatyini, phylogeny, new genus, new species, genitalia, gular sulcus, New Guinea