Taxonomic notes on toad bug genus Nerthra (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gelastocoridae) with description of a new species from Bonaire and Curaçao
| Pages | 33-46 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/aemnp.2024.004 |
| Keywords | Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha, Gelastocoridae, Nerthrinae, new species, new synonymy, new records, Caribbean, Kingdom of The Netherlands |
| Type of Article | Peer-reviewed |
| Citation | NIESER, Nico, CHEN, Ping-ping a CASPERS, Max. Taxonomic notes on toad bug genus Nerthra (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gelastocoridae) with description of a new species from Bonaire and Curaçao. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 64(1), 33-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.004. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-entomologica-musei-nationalis-pragae/64-1/taxonomic-notes-on-toad-bug-genus-nerthra-hemiptera-heteroptera-gelastocoridae-with-description-of-a-new-species-from-bonaire-and-curaao |
During an inventory of the Gelastocoridae in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, The Netherlands), and the Nieser & Chen Collection in Tiel, The Netherlands, we came across an undescribed species of Nerthra Say, 1832 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gelastocoridae: Nerthrinae). The specimens were collected from Bonaire and Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands, and we describe them here as N. papaceki sp. nov. Nerthra lurida Todd, 1959, syn. nov., is synonymized with Nerthra occidua Todd, 1959 (both from Indonesia: Sulawesi). In addition, we provide new distributional records of Nerthra americana (Montandon, 1905) (Brazil: Paraná), Nerthra buenoi Todd, 1955 (Brazil: Pará), and Nerthra raptoria (Fabricius, 1803) (Suriname) and provide their differential diagnoses and illustrations.
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