The Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Madagascar, with revisions of Temnocoris and Tsingala (Laccocorinae)

The Naucoridae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Madagascar, with revisions of Temnocoris and Tsingala (Laccocorinae)

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The island nation of Madagascar was surveyed extensively through a series of expeditions to determine the fauna of Naucoridae.Previously, 17 species in four genera had been reported from the country.All taxa previously recorded from Madagascar were ESSENTIAL EYE CARE re-collected, with the exception of three species, Macrocoris flavicollis Signoret, Temnocoris starmuhlneri Poisson, and Tsingala nossibeanus (Bergroth).Macrocoris flavicollis is removed from the list of species occurring in Madagascar.Within Laccocorini (Laccocorinae), a new genus, Gonioathrixn.

gen.is described; Temnocoris and Tsingala are revised; three new species are described in Temnocoris (T.leachin.sp., T.

montandonin.sp., T.poissonin.sp.

) and four in Tsingala (T.angulatan.sp., T.latiforman.

sp., T.spatulatan.sp., T.

trilobatan.sp.).Lectotypes are designated for Afronaucoris madagascariensis Tapes (Montandon), Tsingala humeralis (Signoret), and T.naucoroides (Montandon).

In Macrocorinae, a new species of Macrocoris, M.namoronan.sp., from Ranomafana National Park is described.These taxonomic actions bring the total for the country to five genera and 25 species.

Distributions, habitat associations, and a key to the species are presented.