A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae)
Author
Sites, Robert W.
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Zootaxa
2015
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553
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
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Neomacrocoris parviceps
(Montandon)
Macrocoris parviceps
Montandon 1900
: Termé. Füz. 23: 422.
Neomacrocoris parviceps
:
Montandon 1913
, Bul. Soc. Rom. Ştiinţe, 22: 332.
Discussion
. This species is widespread throughout much of Africa; thus, it is variable in its expression. It is known from the
Ivory Coast
(
Sites & Mbogho 2012
) east to
Sudan
(
Linnavuori 1981
) and south through the
Democratic Republic of Congo
(
Poisson 1948
,
1949
) and
Tanzania
(
Mbogho & Sites 2013
) to
South Africa
(
Sites & Mbogho 2012
). Reported here are the first records of this species from Morogoro Region of
Tanzania
and Mbale District in eastern
Uganda
. The limited previous
Uganda
records were from Jinja District and Namanve Swamp, both near the northern end of Lake Victoria. I collected in Namanve Swamp in
August 2013
(L-1636); the swamp has been destroyed for commercial interests to the point that less than 1% of the swamp remained. No specimens of
Neomacrocoris
were collected in the small tract of remaining swamp. However, further north in Kapchorwa and Mbale districts, I collected several adult and immature specimens in small, muddy agricultural streams in the mountains. In Morogoro Region of
Tanzania
, many specimens were collected in the muddy, vegetated margins of streams.
Material examined.
TANZANIA
: MOROGORO REGION, Kilombero District, Mwaya River at Mang'ula,
07º 50.945'S
,
36º 53.201'E
, elev.
313 m
,
7 August 2013
, R.W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, muddy/veg margins of sand/gravel stream, L-1623 (UMC,
23♂
, 19♀); Kisawasawa River at Kisawasawa,
07º 53.596'S
,
36º 52.311'E
, elev.
326 m
,
8 August 2013
, R.W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, veg margins of sandy stream L-1625 (UMC,
11♂
, 8♀); Sonjo River at Sonjo,
07º 48.490'S
,
36º 53.785'E
, elev.
320 m
,
8 August 2013
, R.W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, veg margins of rocky stream, L-1626 (UMC,
16♂
, 11♀); Sumbugulu River at Kidatu,
07º 43.371'S
,
36º 56.013'E
, elev.
306 m
,
8 August 2013
, R.W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, veg margins of rocky stream, L- 1627 (UMC,
7♂
, 9♀); Kiberege River at Kiberege,
07º 56.871'S
,
36º 51.378'E
, elev.
299 m
,
8 August 2013
, R.W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, vegetated margins of sandy stream, L-1628 (UMC,
3♂
, 5♀); Ilahi River at Iraguwa,
08º 30.336'S
,
36º 31.660'E
, elev
313 m
,
9 August 2013
, R.W. Sites & G. Rwegasira, muddy stream w/ vegetated margins, L-1633 (UMC, 2♀).
UGANDA
: KAPCHORWA DISTRICT: Chekwenda River,
01º 20.633'N
,
34º 20.372'E
, elev.
1360 m
,
14 August 2013
, R.W. Sites & M. Masanza, veg margins of muddy stream, L-1641 (UMC,
1♂
, 1♀, 2 nymphs).
MBALE
DISTRICT, Nambale, ca.
4 km
S Mbale,
01º 00.392'N
,
34º 11.394'E
, elev.
1159 m
,
14 August 2013
, R.W. Sites & M. Masanza, gravel strm with veg margins, L-1643 (UMC,
1♂
).
Published records.
See records of
N. parviceps
in
Sites & Mbogho (2012)
.