Oblongiala zimbabwensis, a new assassin bug genus and species from Zimbabwe, with a key to the Afrotropical genera of Peiratinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) Author Liu, Yingqi Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan Author Chen, Zhuo Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan Author Webb, Michael D. Department of Life Sciences (Insects), The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW Author Cai, Wanzhi Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan caiwz@cau.edu.cn text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2020 Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae 2020-12-12 60 2 659 665 http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2020.047 journal article 10.37520/aemnp.2020.047 1804-6487 5178042 DA43D4C5-E9E0-4D69-A52F-EBC69725F8A0 Oblongiala Liu & Cai , gen. nov. Type species. Oblongiala zimbabwensis Liu & Cai sp. nov. , here designated. Diagnosis. Only macropterous male known. Body slen- der, small sized; head, pronotum, scutellum and legs with notably long setae ( Figs 1–3 ); postocular part of head ellipsoidal, somewhat swollen ( Fig. 5 ); anterior pronotal lobe with tuberculate stripes; transverse sulcus of pronotum somewhat sinuate ( Fig. 5 ); scutellar process slender and horizontal ( Figs 5, 6 ); metapleural sulcus curved ( Fig. 6 ); hind coxae separated from each other by width of one coxa ( Fig. 7 ); ventral surfaces of fore and middle femora with a row of denticles respectively ( Figs 8, 9 ); fore and middle tibiae with fossula spongiosa occupying only apex of ventral surfaces ( Figs 8, 9 ); hemelytron distinctly surpassing tip of abdomen, length of hemelytron nearly as long as body length; hind wing also distinctly surpassing tip of abdomen ( Fig. 11 ); male genitalia with median pygophore process hook-shaped in caudal view ( Fig. 14 ); parameres paddle-shaped ( Figs 16, 17 ); basal plate bridge about 1.5 times longer than basal plate ( Fig. 18 ); dorsal phallothecal sclerite broad with apex rounded ( Figs 18, 20, 21 ). Etymology. Thegeneric name, Oblongiala is derived from Latin oblongus (meaning “elongated”) and ala (meaning “wing”), referring to the elongated wings of this new genus. Gender feminine. Distribution. Afrotropical Region ( Zimbabwe ).