Nagusta gracilis (Varela, 1905)

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 : 240

Nagusta gracilis (Varela, 1905)

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Material examined: LIBERIA: Bong county, trips to/from Weadea—Liberia Research Unit (Bong Mine)—Fahn- Gbolo , 4.iv. + 16.v.1989, noon-evening hours, vehicle-mounted net, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♂, 1 ♀) ; Bong county, BM tailings pond area, Dam 12, 6°46′15″N 10°18′33″W, 22.v.1989, hand-collected, 29.–30.v.1989, at light, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♂, 1 ♀) . TOGO: Lama-Kara , 9°33′N 1°12′33″E, 4.+ 15.x.1988, at light, leg. Rolf Garms (2 ♀♀) .

Distribution: New for Liberia. Cameroon, Intertropical Africa.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Reduviidae. A, Nagusta sp. near carayoni; B, N. gracilis; C, Oncocephalus subspinosus; D, O. zumpti; E, Peirates maurus; F, Peirates sp., lateral view of pygophore, and parameres; G, Peprius nodulipes; H, Petalocheirus rubiginosus, protibia, head and thorax; I, Pisilus tipuliformis; J, Platychiria murrayi, protibia and dorsal habitus; K, P. ugandensis, protibia and dorsal habitus; L, Parapirates cachani, dorsal habitus, pygophore spine, right and left parameres in lateral views. Scale bars of habitus pictures: A–E, G, I–L, 5 mm.