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Issue: Vol. 5541 No. 2: 26 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.2.2
Page range: 144-162
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Desert Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thaumastellidae): New records and review of the distribution and habitat of this relict group

Department of Entomology; National Museum of the Czech Republic; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice; Czech Republic
Oppenheimer Generations; Research and Conservation; P.O. Box 61631; Marshalltown; 2107; South Africa; Department of Zoology & Entomology; University of Pretoria; Hatfield; Pretoria 0002; South Africa
University of Palermo; corresponding address: via Sandro Botticelli 15; 90144 Palermo; Italy
Museum für Naturkunde; Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity; Berlin; Germany
Department of Entomology; North Dakota State University; Fargo; North Dakota; USA
Plant Protection Institute; HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research; Martonvásár; Hungary
Hemiptera Heteroptera thaumastellidae distribution faunistics habitat afrotropical region Palaearctic region

Abstract

The known distribution and habitat information of the three described species of the genus Thaumastella Horváth, 1896 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea: Thaumastellidae) are reviewed. In addition a fourth, undescribed species is reported from South Africa (Western Cape). Thaumastella aradoides Horváth, 1896, is recorded for the first time from Egypt, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and the states of Khartoum and Sennar in Sudan. Additional records of Thaumastella namaquensis Schaefer & Wilcox, 1971, from Namibia (Hardap, ||Kharas) and South Africa (Northern Cape), as well as information on habitat of Thaumastella namaquensis and Thaumastella elizabethae Jacobs, 1989, are provided. Photographs of the holotypes of the three already described species and their labels are also presented. The distribution of all four species is mapped.

 

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