Vestula lineaticeps (Signoret, 1858)

Krüger, Andreas, 2019, Notes on Afrotropical Enicocephalidae and Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with emphasis on vehicle-mounted net samples from Liberia, West Africa, Zootaxa 4688 (2), pp. 232-248 : 245-246

Vestula lineaticeps (Signoret, 1858)

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Material examined: LIBERIA: Bong county, Weadea creek near Gbayamu , 6°50′N 10°15′W, 10.iii.1989, handcollected , leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♂); Liberia Research Unit (Bong Mine ), 6°48′37″N 10°21′23″W, 26.v.1989, at light, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♀) ; Bong mine, forest track (HC), 6°48′N 10°21′W, 230 m, 5.iii.–3.vi.1989, leg. Rolf Garms (3 ♂♂, 3 ♀,) ; St. Paul River, Haindi , BMC pumpstation, 6°54′N 10°23′W, 115 m, 14.v.1989, hand-collected, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♂) .

Distribution: Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Togo.

Remark: Monotypic genus, type image under: www2.nrm.se/en/het_nrm/r/vestula_rugulosissimus.html.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Reduviidae. A, Rhynocoris albopilosus; B+C, R. bicolor, habitus, pygophore and parameres dorsal view; D+E, Rhynocoris sp., habitus, pygophore and parameres dorsal view; F, R. carmelita; G, R. hutsebauti; H, R. nitidulus; I, R. rapax; Scale bars of habitus pictures: 5 mm.