A revision of the Entisberus group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae)
Kondorosy Előd
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 591-610, 2008
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Abstract: The genus Entisberus Distant, 1903, and related genera are revised.
Neoentisberus Scudder, 1968, syn. nov., is synonymized with Retoka China, 1935,
and Entisberus gibbus Zheng, 1981 is transferred to Retoka, which results in
the following new combinations: Retoka brincki (Slater, 1979) comb. nov., R.
callosa (Scudder, 1968) comb. nov., R. esakii (Slater & Hidaka, 1958) comb.
nov., R. gibba (Zheng, 1981) comb. nov., and R. indica (Scudder, 1968) comb.
nov. Five new species belonging to the Entisberus group (defined here as a group
containing the genera Entisberus and Retoka) are described: Entisberus bergrothi
sp. nov. (Philippines), Retoka hirsuta sp. nov. (Philippines, Borneo), R.
curvipes sp. nov. (Malaysia), R. stysi sp. nov. (Vietnam), and R. paraminuta sp.
nov. (India: West Bengal). A key for the identification of species in the
Entisberus group is presented, and new distributional data of previously
described species from India, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and
New Guinea are given.
Key words: Heteroptera, Rhyparochromidae, Drymini, Entisberus, Neoentisberus, Retoka, taxonomy, new species, key, distribution, Oriental Region