The genus Arocatus in Taiwan (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
Author
Tsai, Jing-Fu
Author
Rédei, Dávid
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4299.2.4
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Genus
Arocatus
Spinola, 1837
Arocatus
Spinola, 1837: 257
. Type species by monotypy:
Lygaeus melanocephalus
Fabricius, 1798
. For synonymy and a selected bibliography see
Gao
et al.
(2013)
.
Diagnosis.
Head with a distinct, tumid postocular portion, eyes separated from anterior margin of pronotum but not stalked; distiflagellum at most slightly longer than (0.8–1.3 times as long as) pedicel; scutellum with a distinct Tshaped carina, adjacent lateral foveae with large, coarse, confluent punctures; metathoracic scent gland provided with well developed, protruding peritreme; fore femur unarmed (
Péricart 1999
,
Gao
et al.
2013
).
Distribution and diversity.
The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical,
Oriental
and Australian Regions and currently contains 18 described species (
Gao
et al.
2013
). An additional new species is described below.