A Review Of The Genus Arocatus From Palaearctic And Oriental Regions (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) Author Gao, Cuiqing Author Kondorosy, Előd Author Bu, Wenjun text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2013 2013-08-30 61 2 687 704 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5352740 2345-7600 5352740 BBAC4FCE-495F-44AB-B249-13F56FACF695 Arocatus suboeneus Montandon, 1893 ( Fig. 4I ) Arocatus suboeneus Montandon, 1893: 404 . Syntype (s): “ Mozambique , Rikatla ”; MGAB? References . — Slater, 1964a: 30 (catalogue); Péricart, 2001: 38 (catalogue, Palaearctic). Diagnosis . — Body less than 6.5 mm , dorsally black to dark brown, without red colour (sometimes with yellow colouration). Dorsum of body with rather short decumbent hairs. Head short (antennal segment I reaching apex of head). Labium reaching hind coxae. Material examined . — YEMEN : 1 male , Jebel Jihaf , Wadi Lejij , coll. H. Scott & E. B. Britton , 28 Sep.1937 , ca. 2133 m , beaten from wild Clematis (BMNH) ; KENYA : 1 female , Jembeni Hills , coll . Fig. 7. A – B, A. sericans . A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C – D, A. continctus , lectotype. C, lateral view; D, dorsal view; E – F, Caenocoris dimidiatus , lectotype. E, dorsal view; F, labels. Scale bars = 5.0 mm. Van Someren , May 1947 ( BMNH ) ; MALAWI : 1 male , Kandeu , coll. R. C. H. Sweeney , Jun.1958 ( BMNH ) ; SOUTH AFRICA : 1 female , Port Elisabeth , coll. Brauns ( NHMW ) ; ZAMBIA : 1 male , 240 km SE Mansa , 25 km SE Madutu , 29 Nov.2004 , coll. Snizek & Tichy ( NHMW ) . Host plants . — Collected on Clematis based on label data, but its host plant status needs confirmation. Distribution . — Asia : Yemen ; tropical Africa (need to be clarified, see Remarks below). Remarks . — The type of A. suboeneus is perhaps in Muzeul de Istoria Naturala “Grigore Antipa”, Bucharest , Romania . The identity of the species is doubtful, and needs clarification based on the type material. In the collections of BMNH and NHMW specimens identified as A. suboeneus , in fact represent more (at least three) closely related species collected from Africa. The description of them needs further study. The figure of this species is based on a BMNH specimen.