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Checklist of the New Zealand Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): an Update Based on the 2004 to 2013 Literature Zootaxa 3755 (4): 347–367 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3755.4.2 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9F46B6A6-6F0B-4969-A880-80C86FAA35D0 Checklist of the New Zealand Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): an update based on the 2004 to 2013 literature MARIE-CLAUDE LARIVIÈRE & ANDRÉ LAROCHELLE New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: [email protected] , [email protected] Abstract An updated checklist of the New Zealand Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) is provided as a supplement to the “Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue” of Larivière and Larochelle (2004: Fauna of New Zealand 50). A total of 142 genera and 319 species belonging to 28 families are recorded for New Zealand. Changes to the 2004 catalogue are documented. The synonymy and primary type information of taxa described between 2004 and July 2013 are also given. The presence of the anthocorid Macrotrachelia nigronitens in New Zealand is confirmed. Key words: catalogue, true bugs, taxonomy, nomenclature, biodiversity Introduction This checklist of New Zealand Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) provides an update, with additions and corrections, to the list of taxa catalogued by Larivière & Larochelle (2004). The known New Zealand fauna is highly endemic (40% of genera, 81% of species) and accounts for 142 genera and 319 species in 28 families. Adventive species (36) and native although not endemic species (24) account for 11% and 8% of the fauna respectively. The following table gives a summary of the known number of genera and species of Heteroptera by infraorder and family for New Zealand. A similar table was published by Henry (2009: 225–226) for the Australian, Nearctic, and Palearctic regions of the world. Numbers between parentheses indicate endemic taxa. New Zealand Taxon Genus Species Enicocephalomorpha 6(4) 8(8) Aenictopecheidae 3(2) 4(4) Enicocephalidae 3(2) 4(4) Dipsocoromorpha 2(0) 3(3) Ceratocombidae 1(0) 2(2) Schizopteridae 1(0) 1(1) Gerromorpha 5(1) 5(2) Gerridae (Gerroidea) 1(0) 1(0) Hydrometridae (Hydrometroidea) 1(0) 1(0) Mesoveliidae (Mesovelioidea) 2(1) 2(1) Veliidae (Gerroidea) 1(0) 1(1) Nepomorpha 4(0) 8(7) Corixidae (Corixoidea) 3(0) 6(5) ...... continued on the next page Accepted by D. Rider: 25 Nov. 2013; published: 23 Jan. 2014 347 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 TABLE. (Continued) New Zealand Taxon Genus Species Notonectidae (Notonectoidea) 1(0) 2(2) Leptopodomorpha 1(0) 7(7) Saldidae (Saldoidea) 1(0) 7(7) Cimicomorpha 60(24) 152(120) Anthocoridae sensu lato (Cimicoidea) 7(1) 9(4) Cimicidae (Cimicoidea) 1(0) 1(0) Miridae (Miroidea) 43(22) 127 (109) Nabidae (Naboidea) 2(0) 4(2) Reduviidae (Reduvioidea) 3(0) 7(4) Tingidae (Miroidea) 4(1) 4(1) Pentatomomorpha 64(28) 136 (111) Acanthosomatidae (Pentatomoidea) 2(1) 4(4) Aradidae (Aradoidea) 19(12) 39(38) Artheneidae (Lygaeoidea) 1(1) 1(1) Berytidae (Lygaeoidea) 1(0) 1(1) Coreidae (Coreoidea) 1(0) 1(0) Cymidae (Lygaeoidea) 1(0) 1(0) Cydnidae (Pentatomoidea) 4(1) 4(1) Heterogastridae (Lygaeoidea) 1(0) 1(0) Lygaeidae (Lygaeoidea) 4(2) 34(32) Pentatomidae (Pentatomoidea) 8(1) 8(1) Rhyparochromidae (Lygaeoidea) 22(10) 42(33) Total 142 (57) 319 (258) Method The checklist is based on a review of the literature from 2004 to July 2013, with the recent addition of the revised classification of the subfamily Phylinae (Miridae) published by Schuh & Menard in October 2013. Valid names are arranged alphabetically from family to species and subspecies. Higher categories are those adopted by Larivière & Larochelle (2004), with some exceptions discussed below. The biostatus (Adventive, Endemic, Native i.e. indigenous but not endemic) is indicated, as in the 2004 catalogue, for all genus-group and species-group taxa. Page references to the main taxonomic entries in the 2004 catalogue are indicated between square brackets ( [ ] ). Full synonymies and primary type information are provided, in the same format as in the 2004 catalogue, where nomenclatural changes have occurred or new taxa have been described. The bibliographic references supporting the corrections and changes to the checklist are included below. Readers are referred to Larivière & Larochelle (2004) for a comprehensive bibliography of papers dealing with the nomenclature of New Zealand Heteroptera. Abbreviations for type repositories are as follows: AM—Australian Museum, Sydney. BMNH—Natural History Museum, London., U.K. CAS—California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, U.S.A. LUNZ—Entomology Research Museum, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand. MACN—Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. MONZ—Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington. NZAC—New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland. SAMA—South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 348 · Zootaxa 3755 (4) © 2014 Magnolia Press LARIVIÈRE & LAROCHELLE Checklist of New Zealand Heteroptera ACANTHOSOMATIDAE Acanthosomatinae Oncacontias Breddin, 1903—Endemic [p. 41] Oncacontias vittatus (Fabricius, 1781)—Endemic [p. 41] Rhopalimorpha (Lentimorpha) Woodward, 1953—Endemic [p. 42] Rhopalimorpha (Lentimorpha) alpina Woodward, 1953—Endemic [p. 42] Rhopalimorpha (Rhopalimorpha) Dallas, 1851—Native [p. 42] Rhopalimorpha (Rhopalimorpha) lineolaris Pendergrast, 1950—Endemic [p. 42] Rhopalimorpha (Rhopalimorpha) obscura White, 1851—Endemic [p. 43] AENICTOPECHEIDAE Maoristolinae Maoristolus Woodward, 1956—Endemic [p. 43] Maoristolus parvulus Woodward, 1956—Endemic [p. 43] Maoristolus tonnoiri (Bergroth, 1927)—Endemic [p. 44] Nymphocoris Woodward, 1956—Native [p. 44] Nymphocoris maoricus Woodward, 1956—Endemic [p. 44] Subfamily (Uncertain) Aenictocoris Woodward, 1956—Endemic [p. 44] Aenictocoris powelli Woodward, 1956—Endemic [p. 44] ANTHOCORIDAE Anthocorinae Anthocorini Macrotrachelia Reuter, 1871—Adventive Macrotrachelia nigronitens (Stål, 1860)—Adventive Cardiastethini [p. 45, as Dufouriellini] Buchananiella Reuter, 1884—Native [p. 45] Buchananiella whitei Reuter, 1884—Native [p. 45] Cardiastethus Fieber, 1860—Native [p. 45] Cardiastethus brounianus White, 1878—Endemic [p. 45] Cardiastethus consors White, 1879—Endemic [p. 45] Cardiastethus poweri White, 1879—Endemic [p. 46] Oriini Orius (Heterorius) Wagner, 1952—Adventive [p. 46] Orius (Heterorius) vicinus (Ribaut, 1923)—Adventive [p. 46] Scolopini Maoricoris China, 1933—Endemic [p. 47] Maoricoris benefactor China, 1933—Endemic [p. 47] Xylocorini Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) Carayon, 1972—Adventive [p. 47] Xylocoris (Proxylocoris) galactinus (Fieber, 1836)—Adventive [p. 47] CHECKLIST OF THE NEW ZEALAND HETEROPTERA: AN UPDATE Zootaxa 3755 (4) © 2014 Magnolia Press · 349 Lyctocorinae Lyctocorini Lyctocoris (Lyctocoris) Hahn, 1836—Adventive [p. 48] Lyctocoris (Lyctocoris) campestris (Fabricius, 1794)—Adventive [p. 48] ARADIDAE Aneurinae Aneuraptera Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 48] Aneuraptera cimiciformis Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 48] Aneurus (Aneurodellus) Heiss, 1998—Endemic [p. 49] Aneurus (Aneurodellus) brevipennis Heiss, 1998—Endemic [p. 49] Aneurus (Aneurodellus) brouni White, 1876—Endemic [p. 49] Aneurus (Aneurodellus) maoricus Heiss, 1998—Endemic [p. 49] Aneurus (Aneurodellus) prominens Pendergrast, 1965—Endemic [p. 49] Aneurus (Aneurodellus) salmoni Pendergrast, 1965—Endemic [p. 50] Aneurus (Aneurodellus) zealandensis Heiss, 1998—Endemic [p. 50] Aradinae Aradus Fabricius, 1803—Native [p. 50] Aradus australis Erichson, 1842—Native [p. 50] Calisiinae Calisius Stål, 1860—Native [p. 51] Calisius zealandicus Pendergrast, 1968—Endemic [p. 51] Carventinae Acaraptera Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Native [p. 51] Acaraptera myersi Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 51] Acaraptera waipouensis Heiss, 1990—Endemic [p. 51] Carventaptera Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 52] Carventaptera spinifera Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 52] Clavaptera Kirman, 1985—Endemic [p. 52] Clavaptera ornata Kirman, 1985—Endemic [p. 52] Leuraptera Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 52] Leuraptera yakasi Heiss, 1990—Endemic [p. 52] Leuraptera zealandica Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 52] Lissaptera Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Native [p. 52] Lissaptera completa (Usinger & Matsuda, 1959)—Endemic [p. 53] Modicarventus Kirman, 1989—Endemic [p. 53] Modicarventus wisei Kirman, 1989—Endemic [p. 53] Neocarventus Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 53] Neocarventus angulatus Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 53] Neocarventus uncus Kirman, 1989—Endemic [p. 53] 350 · Zootaxa 3755 (4) © 2014 Magnolia Press LARIVIÈRE & LAROCHELLE Chinamyersiinae Chinamyersiini Chinamyersia Usinger, 1943—Endemic [p. 54] Chinamyersia cinerea (Myers & China, 1928)—Endemic [p. 54] Chinamyersia viridis (Myers & China, 1928)—Endemic [p. 54] Tretocorini Tretocoris Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 54] Tretocoris grandis Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 54] Isoderminae Isodermus Erichson, 1842—Native [p. 54] Isodermus crassicornis Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 55] Isodermus maculosus Pendergrast, 1965—Endemic [p. 55] Isodermus tenuicornis Usinger & Matsuda, 1959—Endemic [p. 55] Mezirinae Ctenoneurus Bergroth, 1887—Native [p. 55] Ctenoneurus hochstetteri (Mayr, 1866)—Endemic [p. 55] Ctenoneurus myersi Kormilev, 1953—Endemic [p. 56] Ctenoneurus pendergrasti Kormilev, 1971—Endemic [p. 56] Ctenoneurus setosus Lee & Pendergrast, 1977—Endemic [p. 56] Woodwardiessa
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