Three new species of the genus Biasticus Stål, 1867 (Insecta, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam

Ngoc Linh Ha; Xuan Lam Truong; Tadashi Ishikawa; Weeyawat Jaitrong; Chi-Feng Lee; Bounsanong Chouangthavy; Katsuyuki Eguchi

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1118.83156

Three new species of the genus Biasticus Stål, 1867 (Insecta, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae) from Central Highlands, Vietnam

Journal

Zookeys

Journal Issue

1118

Pages

133-180

Date Issued

2022-08

Author(s)

Ngoc Linh Ha

Xuan Lam Truong

Tadashi Ishikawa

Weeyawat Jaitrong

Chi-Feng Lee

Bounsanong Chouangthavy

Katsuyuki Eguchi

DOI

10.3897/zookeys.1118.83156

URI

https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/83156/

https://scholars.tari.gov.tw/handle/123456789/18554

Abstract

Three new assassin bug species of the genus Biasticus St??l, 1867 are recognized in Vietnam based on mor-phological examination, morphometric and molecular phylogenetic analyses, and described as Biasticus taynguyenensis Ha, Truong & Ishikawa, sp. nov., Biasticus griseocapillus Ha, Truong & Ishikawa, sp. nov., and Biasticus luteicollis Ha, Truong & Ishikawa, sp. nov. The conspecific male and female associations of the new species were confirmed by phylogenetic analyses and DNA barcoding of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA and COI genes. All three new species are presently restricted to the Central Highlands, Vietnam (Kon Chu Rang NR, Gia Lai Province, and Chu Yang Sin NP, Dak Lak Province).

Subjects

Assassin bugs

Indo-China

molecular phylogeny

morphometry

taxonomy

Publisher

Pensoft Publishers

Type

journal article