A redescription of the endemic Madagascan genus Tricompastes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

PETR KMENT; MANUEL BAENA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.3

Issue: Vol. 4044 No. 1: 17 Nov. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-11-17

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.1.3

Page range: 65–78

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**A redescription of the endemic Madagascan genus Tricompastes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)**

PETR KMENT⁺⁻
MANUEL BAENA⁺⁻

Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.

Departamento de Biología y Geología, I.E.S. Alhaken II, c/ Manuel Fuentes "Bocanegra" 14005 Córdoba, Spain.

Hemiptera Pentatomoidea taxonomy redescription lectotype designation faunistics Madagascar

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Abstract

The endemic Madagascan genus Tricompastes Cachan, 1952 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Triplatygini), containing a single species—Tricompastes gigas Cachan, 1952, is redescribed and illustrated, including first descriptions of male and female genitalia. First exact localities of the species are provided. Lectotype of T. gigas is designated.