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(
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)
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2♁
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,
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[p] //
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[p] ♁ [hw] /
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/ africanus
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[hw] /
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,
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COLL. MUS.
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/ Tchad: Iles du lac Tchad /
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[p] //
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[p]
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[hw] /
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[hw] /
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19[p]67[hw, pink label] // A r a d u s / gracilipes /
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/ det. E. HEISS 2022 (
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.
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<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FF2BFE0AF290FAA6" box="[199,400,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">Aradus gracilipes</emphasis>
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:
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Tschadsee, Ile / (illegible) AEF. / lg. H.Franz [p] // 1970 [hw] (on back side) (
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<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FF2BFE42F244FAEE" bold="true" box="[199,324,1375,1401]" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">Comment.</emphasis>
All the examined specimens lack antennal segments IIIV, their colouration being essential for distinguishing African species of
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<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FDE5FE9EF15AFA0A" box="[521,602,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">Aradus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A male from the authors collection (
<figureCitation id="65FE2A09D05E7270FC10FE9EF73FFA0A" box="[1020,1087,1411,1437]" captionStart="FIGURES 16" captionStartId="2.[151,264,1874,1898]" captionTargetBox="[248,1347,189,1845]" captionTargetId="figure-26@2.[241,1347,181,1850]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURES 16. 1—Aradus africanus (unavailable) (= A. gracilipes Linnavuori, 1978), intended paratype from Chad, male; 2—Aradus gracilipes from Chad, male; 3—Aradus interpositus (unavailable) (= A. congoensis sp. nov.), intended holotype from Democratic Republic of the Congo, male; 4—Aradus nuristanicus (unavailable) (= A. betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)), intended holotype from Afghanistan, male; 5—Carventus machadoi (unavailable), intended paratype from Angola, female; 6—Neuroctenus arnoldi (unavailable), intended holotype from Zimbabwe, male. Scales: 1 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8142358" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8142358/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
), also from
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, matches well the intended
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of
<taxonomicName id="3AC54D0FD05E7270FE62FEBAF116FA56" authorityName="Heiss" authorityYear="2023" box="[398,534,1447,1473]" class="Insecta" family="Aradidae" genus="Aradus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="470" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FE62FEBAF116FA56" box="[398,534,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">A. africanus</emphasis>
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, but its complete antennal segments allow its identification as
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<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FB39FEBAF69CFA56" box="[1237,1436,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">Aradus gracilipes</emphasis>
Linnavouri, 1978
</taxonomicName>
, described from Equatoria Province in
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. The examined specimens of
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<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FAE7FED6F69CFA72" box="[1291,1436,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">A. gracilipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
corresponds in size, slender habitus, colouration and male genitalic structures to the available specimens of
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<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FA68FEF2F201F9BA" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">A. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and accordingly the latter are recognized as conspecific with
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<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FC29FD0EF754F9BA" box="[965,1108,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">A. gracilipes</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="B5DF6507D05E7270FF2BFD2AF0B2F9C6" box="[199,946,1591,1617]" pageId="1" pageNumber="470" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="FD7A368CD05E7270FF2BFD2AF0B2F9C6" blockId="1.[151,1437,1087,1617]" box="[199,946,1591,1617]" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">
<emphasis id="CFB1EA9ED05E7270FF2BFD2AF261F9C6" bold="true" box="[199,353,1591,1617]" pageId="1" pageNumber="470">Distribution.</emphasis>
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(
<bibRefCitation id="99544B7DD05E7270FDE8FD2AF1C6F9C6" author="Linnavuori, R." box="[516,710,1591,1617]" pageId="1" pageNumber="470" pagination="1 - 108" refId="ref5455" refString="Linnavuori, R. (1978) Hemiptera of the Sudan, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries 6. Aradidae, Meziridae, Aneuridae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidae, Coreidae, Alydidae, Rhopalidae, Lygaeidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 153, 1 - 108." type="journal article" year="1978">Linnavuori 1978</bibRefCitation>
),
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(new record).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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