Peirates castaneipennis Reuter, 1887

Malipatil, M. B. & Liu, Yingqi, 2024, Austropeirates maculipes gen. et sp. nov. and first record of the genus Peirates from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), Zootaxa 5514 (2), pp. 129-142 : 136-137

Peirates castaneipennis Reuter, 1887

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Pirates castaneipennis Reuter, 1887: 156 . Type locality: Nova Caledonia [ New Caledonia].

Peirates castaneipennis : Maldonado (1990: 364), Coscarón (1997: 47).

Type specimen. Lectotype (designated by Coscarón 1997), macropterous female, Lectotypus Pirates castaneipennis REUTER, 1887 etik. Hecher 1996 REDV. 543/1, Neucaledon Coll. Signoret., castaneipennis det. Reuter, Pirates castaneipennis Reut. n. sp. Typ. ( NMW) (examined images only, see Figure 4 ).

Australian specimens examined. [ all macropterous]. QUEENSLAND. 1 male (dissected), Cairns, 30.ix.1978, R. Easton ( WAM) ; 1 female, Kirrama Range via Kennedy, N. Qld , 12–13.v.1975, R.I. Storey & D.L. Hancock ( QM) ; 1 male, Caravan Pak Gordonvale, NEQ, 15.iv.1987, E.C. Dahms & G. Sarnes ( QM) . NEW SOUTH WALES. 1 female, 35.30S 150.24E, Bawley Point, 29.i.1994, D.C.F. Rentz & K. McCarron ( ANIC) . WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 1 female, Millstream, 1–3.ix.1985, R.P. McMillan ( WAM) ; 1female, Beverley Springs, 1.ix.1969, D.D. Giuliani ( WAM) . NORTHERN TERRITORY. 1 female, Alligator River , From P. Cahill, 22.ix.1914 ( MV) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Peirates castaneipennis Reuter, 1887, lectotype, macropterous female, habitus.A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm.

FIGURE 5. Peirates castaneipennis Reuter, 1887, macropterous male, habitus.A, dorsal view; B, ventral view; C, lateral view. Scale bar = 2.00 mm.

FIGURE 6. Peirates castaneipennis Reuter, 1887, male genitalia. A–C, pygophore; D, left paramere; E, right paramere; F–I, phallus. A, G, ventral view; B, caudal view; C, H, I, lateral view; D, E, outer ventrolateral view; F, dorsal view. Abbreviations: bp, basal plate; bpb, basal plate bridge; dps, dorsal phallothecal sclerite; lps, lateral phallothecal sclerite; mpp, median pygophore process; ped, pedicel; st, struts. Scale bar = 0.50 mm (for A–C); 0.40 mm (for D–I).