Haematoloecha nigrorubra nigrorubra Distant, 1919

Rédei, Dávid & Tsai, Jing-Fu, 2012, The assassin bug genus Haematoloecha in Taiwan, with notes on species occurring in the neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae), Zootaxa 3332, pp. 1-26 : 16

Haematoloecha nigrorubra nigrorubra Distant, 1919

Diagnosis. Distinguished from the endemic Taiwanese subspecies H. nigrorubra conspicua by the black head, black femora, and red abdominal venter.

Distribution. China. Guangxi: Nandan ( Li et al. 1988, Zhang et al. 1994); Sichuan: Emeishan! (NKUC); Yunnan: Sichuangbanna! (NKUC). Laos. [Bokeo Province]: Suang Prabang, ‘Pak Tha, Ban Thiou’! (BMNH).

Taxonomy. Haematoloecha nigrorubra was described based on a specimen from Pak Tha District of the present Bokeo Province of northwestern Laos. Later H. yunnana was described based a specimen collected from the southernmost part of Yunnan Province of China, just neighbouring Laos. A single syntype of H. nigrorubra (hereby designated as lectotype) and the holotype of H. yunnana have been re-examined and they are considered as conspecific, therefore H. yunnana is considered as a junior synonym of H. nigrorubra .