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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FF05FC1CFE5796E9" box="[151,394,953,974]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Macrocoris angusticeps</emphasis>
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: Öfv. Kongl. Vet.-Akad. Förh. 7: 477478.
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, Bul. Soc. Rom. Stiinte, 22: 332.
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FF05FBBCFEC89115" bold="true" box="[151,277,1049,1074]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Discussion</emphasis>
. The
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specimen is a male from
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(
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) and was reported to be
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long by
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across the abdomen (
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), but it has disappeared from the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum in Stockholm (
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<bibRefCitation id="B7054B2CFF84FF80FE8CFBC4FE67915E" author="Poisson" box="[286,442,1121,1145]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Poisson, R. (1948) Sur quelques Naucoridae Africains des collections du Musee du Congo (Hemipt. - Heteropt.). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 41 (2 - 3), 202 - 221." type="journal article" year="1948">Poisson 1948</bibRefCitation>
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). We received recent confirmation that the specimen still is missing and that the unit box houses an empty pin and a label with the number 11, suggesting that the specimen was loaned in the 1930s (J. Bergsten, pers. com.).
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compared this species with
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FCEFFB0FFBAE91E6" box="[893,1139,1193,1217]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Macrocoris flavicollis</emphasis>
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and said that it is related but less convex. Similarly, in the original description of
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FCCBFB6BFB9A91C2" box="[857,1095,1230,1253]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Macrocoris convexus</emphasis>
,
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compared
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FF05FB57FE9D902E" box="[151,320,1266,1289]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
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with it and indicated that
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FD13FB57FCF7902E" box="[641,810,1266,1289]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
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is of the same size but much less convex and more widened. Although he was unable to examine the
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specimen,
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<bibRefCitation id="B7054B2CFF84FF80FC1BFABDFBE99017" author="Poisson" box="[905,1076,1304,1328]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Poisson, R. (1948) Sur quelques Naucoridae Africains des collections du Musee du Congo (Hemipt. - Heteropt.). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 41 (2 - 3), 202 - 221." type="journal article" year="1948">Poisson (1948)</bibRefCitation>
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provided illustrations of the 7th and 8th abdominal terga and aedeagus of a Montandon-determined specimen from Boma,
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, and considered the male to be similar to that of
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FC9BFAC1FBD0905C" box="[777,1037,1379,1403]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. handlirschi armatus</emphasis>
Poisson
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because of the presence of denticles; but the taxa differ in the condition of the pseudostrigil and lobes of the 8th tergum. Housed at the USNM is a
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slide with 7th and 8th terga from
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, and one adult male specimen from the
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acquisition with a provisional identity of
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FDF1FA73FCD590CA" box="[611,776,1494,1517]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
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. This male has identical label data with a female housed in RMCA also identified provisionally as
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FDDFFA5CFD2F9337" box="[589,754,1529,1552]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
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by
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, as well as with the
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specimen of
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FA8AFA5CFA419337" box="[1304,1436,1529,1552]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. vaneyeni</emphasis>
Poisson. Characteristics
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of the slide-mounted terga including the pseudostrigil are nearly identical with those of
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with the exception of a series of denticles on the underside of the left mesal lobe of the 7th tergum. The aedeagus was not present. We dissected the male and found the lobes of the 7th and 8th terga and phallosoma to be consistent with those of
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FE39F92AFDED9381" box="[427,560,1679,1702]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. vaneyeni</emphasis>
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. Because we have observed substantial intraspecific variation in condition of the left lobe of the 7th tergum in congeners and
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<bibRefCitation id="B7054B2CFF84FF80FD28F910FCB993EA" author="Poisson" box="[698,868,1717,1741]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" refString="Poisson, R. (1948) Sur quelques Naucoridae Africains des collections du Musee du Congo (Hemipt. - Heteropt.). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 41 (2 - 3), 202 - 221." type="journal article" year="1948">Poisson (1948)</bibRefCitation>
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even commented on intraspecific variation in the number of denticles, and established subspecies of
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FD44F97FFCA593D6" box="[726,888,1753,1777]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. handlirschi</emphasis>
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based on presence or absence of these denticles, we consider Poissons concept of
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<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FD8EF95BFD1E9232" box="[540,707,1790,1813]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
actually to represent
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FC2FF95BFB999232" box="[957,1092,1790,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaneyeni">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FC2FF95BFB999232" box="[957,1092,1790,1813]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. vaneyeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Poissons concept of the lost Haglund
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is based secondarily on Montandons concept of the species. Thus, to base a current concept of
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FA10F887FEC6927A" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angusticeps">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FA10F887FEC6927A" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
on
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FED5F8E0FE43927A" box="[327,414,1861,1885]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="poisson">Poisson</taxonomicName>
in the absence of the
<typeStatus id="0C2F887FFF84FF80FD0BF8E3FD149279" box="[665,713,1862,1886]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">type</typeStatus>
or other authoritative specimens would be three times removed from the original concept. We feel that this would require making unacceptably risky assumptions about the species.
<collectingCountry id="AB83764DFF84FF80FF6AF828FECA9282" box="[248,279,1933,1957]" name="American Samoa" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">As</collectingCountry>
such, the identity of
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FD83F82BFD649282" box="[529,697,1934,1957]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angusticeps">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FD83F82BFD649282" box="[529,697,1934,1957]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
remains enigmatic and specimens should be searched for in the broadly defined
<typeStatus id="0C2F887FFF84FF80FEDCF814FEA392EE" box="[334,382,1969,1993]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">type</typeStatus>
locality of
<collectingCountry id="AB83764DFF84FF80FE6DF815FDAA92EF" box="[511,631,1968,1992]" name="Cameroon" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Cameroon</collectingCountry>
. If it is determined in the future that
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FB81F817FB6592EE" box="[1043,1208,1970,1993]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angusticeps">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FB81F817FB6592EE" box="[1043,1208,1970,1993]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FB7CF817FAAE92EE" box="[1262,1395,1970,1993]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaneyeni">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FB7CF817FAAE92EE" box="[1262,1395,1970,1993]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. vaneyeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are conspecific,
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FEB6F873FE7492CA" box="[292,425,2006,2029]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaneyeni">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FEB6F873FE7492CA" box="[292,425,2006,2029]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. vaneyeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would become a junior synonym of
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF84FF80FCD6F873FC3592CA" box="[836,1000,2006,2029]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="angusticeps">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF84FF80FCD6F873FC3592CA" box="[836,1000,2006,2029]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">N. angusticeps</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="9B8E6556FF85FF81FF55FF32FB3F943B" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="D32B36DDFF85FF81FF55FF32FE4295D0" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,284]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF85FF81FF55FF32FEE79597" bold="true" box="[199,314,151,176]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Based on information in the original description, this is among the larger species at
<quantity id="146C9B38FF85FF81FABBFF32FAA19588" box="[1321,1404,151,175]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="10.0">10 mm</quantity>
in length; however, at only
<quantity id="146C9B38FF85FF81FE3FFF19FDD995F3" box="[429,516,188,212]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.4" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="6.4">6.4 mm</quantity>
width, it apparently does not fall within the group of ovate species (
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF85FF81FA90FF18FAA995F3" box="[1282,1396,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="karimii">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF85FF81FA90FF18FAA995F3" box="[1282,1396,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. karimii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF85FF81FA10FF18FF2695DF" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vaneyeni">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF85FF81FA10FF18FF2695DF" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. vaneyeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="14944D5EFF85FF81FEAAFF44FE5395DF" box="[312,398,225,248]" class="Insecta" family="Naucoridae" genus="Neomacrocoris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vuga">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF85FF81FEAAFF44FE5395DF" box="[312,398,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">N. vuga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D32B36DDFF85FF81FF55FEA6FB3F943B" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,284]" box="[199,1250,259,284]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="E1E0EACFFF85FF81FF55FEA6FE7B943B" bold="true" box="[199,422,259,284]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Published Records</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="AB83764DFF85FF81FE26FEA1FD47943B" box="[436,666,260,284]" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">BELGIAN CONGO</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B7054B2CFF85FF81FD3AFEA1FCB0943B" author="Montandon" box="[680,877,260,284]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" refString="Montandon, A. L. (1897) Hemipteres-Heteropteres exotiques: notes et descriptions. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 41, 50 - 66." type="journal article" year="1897">Montandon 1897</bibRefCitation>
),
<collectingCountry id="AB83764DFF85FF81FC13FEA1FBFC943B" box="[897,1057,260,284]" name="Cameroon" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">CAMEROON</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B7054B2CFF85FF81FBA2FEA1FB08943B" author="Haglund" box="[1072,1237,260,284]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" refString="Haglund, C. J. E. (1895) Verzeichniss der von Yngve Sjostedt im nordwestlichen Kamerungebiete eingesammelten Hemipteren. Ofversigt af Kongl-Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 7, 445 - 479." type="journal article" year="1895">Haglund 1895</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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