Aradinae Brullé 1836
Creators: name: Heiss, Ernst
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aradidae

description: Subfamily ARADINAE Brullé, 1836
ARADITES Brullé, 1836: 326 (as family); Aradides Amyot and Serville, 1843: 307; Aradinae Champion, 1898: 65 Type genus: Aradus Fabricius, 1803
Genus Aradus Fabricius, 1803
Aradus Fabricius, 1803: 116. Type-species: Cimex betulae Linnaeus, 1758 designated by Latreille, 1810: 433.
Aradus flavicornis Dalman, 1823
Aradus flavicornis Dalman, 1823: 88. STS: “ Sierra Leone ” (West Africa); NHRS
Distr.: Urundi [now Burundi] (Bururi, Hoberlandt, 1956), South Sudan (Bahr el Ghazal: Wau; Equatoria: Juba, Linnavuori, 1978)
Ref.: Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.); Heiss, 2001a (distr.); Heiss & Pericart, 2007 (tax., fig.); Heiss, 2012 (cat. Madagascar).
Aradus gracilipes Linnavuori, 1978
Aradus gracilipes Linnavuori, 1978: 6. HT ♀: South Sudan (Equatoria); AMNH Distr.: South Sudan
Ref.: Linnavuori, 1978 (tax., fig.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Aradus zavattarii Mancini,1939
Aradus zavattarii Mancini, 1939: 205. HT ♂: “ Italian East Africa ” [now Ethiopia] (Arero); MCSN Distr.: Ethiopia
Ref.: Mancini, 1939 (tax., fig.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Subfamily CALISIINAE Stål, 1873
CALISARIA Stål, 1873: 138 (as division); Calisiinae Usinger & Matsuda, 1959: 92. Type genus: Calisius Stål, 1860
Ref.: Kormilev, 1963 (key genera) Genus Calisius Stål, 1860
Calisius Stål, 1860: 67. Type-species: Calisius pallipes Stål, 1860, monobasic. Aradosyrtis Costa, 1864: 132. Type-species: Aradosyrtis ghiliani Costa, synonimized by Bergroth, 1894a: 98.
Ref.: Horvath, 1913 (tax., key., fig.)
Calisius verruciger Horvath, 1913
Calisius verruciger Horvath 1913: 631. HT ♀: „Africa orientalis britannica“(Landani); [Kenya]; MNHN (coll. Alluaud)
Distr.: Kenya, Uganda (Equatoria:Lotti forest: Linnavuori, 1978)
Ref.: Horvath, 1913 (tax., key, fig.); Linnavuori, 1978 (loc.);Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Genus Paracalisiopsis Kormilev, 1963
Paracalisiopsis Kormilev, 1963: 605. Type-species: Paracalisiopsis aethiopicus Kormilev, 1963, monobasic.
Paracalisiopsis aethiopicus Kormilev, 1963
Paracalisiopsis aethiopicus Kormilev, 1963: 607. HT ♀: “ Northern Rhodesia ” [now Zambia] (Lunda); BMNH Distr.: Zambia
Ref.: Kormilev, 1963 (tax., key, fig.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Subfamily CARVENTINAE Usinger, 1950
CARVENTINI Usinger, 1950: 176 (as tribe); Carventinae Usinger & Matsuda, 1959: 100. Type genus: Carventus, Stål, 1865
Ref.: Jacobs, 2002 (key African genera) Genus Dundocoris Hoberlandt, 1952
Dundocoris Hoberlandt, 1952: 55. Type species: Dundocoris vilhenai Hoberlandt, monobasic.
Ref.: Hoberlandt,1959 (key); Heiss & Jacobs 1989 (tax., n.spp.)
Dundocoris basilewskyi Hoberlandt, 1956
Dundocoris basilewskyi Hoberlandt, 1956: 579. HT ♀: Ruanda [now Rwanda] (Gitarama); MRAC Distr.: Rwanda
Ref.: Hoberlandt, 1956 (tax., key, fig.), 1959 (n.sp., key.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Genus Rwandaptera Heiss, 2001
Rwandaptera Heiss, 2001b:42. Type species: Rwandaptera jacobsi Heiss, 2001 monobasic
Rwandaptera jacobsi Heiss, 2001
Rwandaptera jacobsi Heiss, 2001b: 44. HT ♂: Rwanda (Nyakabuye nr. Cyangugu); CEHI Distr.: Rwanda
Ref.: Heiss, 2001b (tax., fig., genit.), Jacobs, 2002 (key)
Subfamily MEZIRINAE Oshanin, 1908
MEZIRINA Oshanin, 1908: 478 (as subfamily); replacement name for Brachyrhynquides Amyot and Serville, 1843: 303. Type genus: Mezira Amyot & Serville, 1843
Genus Afropictinus Heiss, 1986
Afropictinus Heiss, 1986: 331. Type-species: Pictinus congoensis Hoberlandt,1956, monobasic
Afropictinus congoensis (Hoberlandt), 1956
Pictinus congoensis Hoberlandt, 1956:583. HT ♂: Ruanda [now Rwanda] (Astrida); MRAC Afropictinus congoensis, Heiss, 1986: 334
Distr.: Rwanda (Hoberlandt, 1956; Nyakabuye nr.Cyangugu: Heiss, 1986) Ref.: Heiss, 1986 (redescr., fig., genit.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Genus Brachyrhynchus Laporte, 1833
Brachyrhynchus Laporte, 1833: 54. Type species by monotypy: Brachyrhynchus orientalis Laporte, 1833 (= Acanthia membranacea Fabricius, 1798), Oriental Region.
Mezira (Zemira) Kormilev, 1971: 31 (preoccupied). Type species: Aradus membranaceus Fabricius, 1798: 526, “Cap Bon Spei”
Mezira (Zimera) Kormilev, 1980: 328 (proposed new name for preoccupied Mezira (Zemira) with same type species.
Brachyrhynchus Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 113 (revived status)
Brachyrhynchus amplicollis (Linnavuori), 1978
Mezira amplicollis Linnavuori, 1978: 6. HT ♂: Ethiopia (Shashamanni); AMNH Brachyrhynchus amplicollis Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 113 Distr.: Ethiopia
Ref.: Linnavuori, 1978 (tax., fig.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Brachyrhynchus dispar (Schouteden), 1952
Mezira dispar Schouteden 1952: 214. STS: Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo] (Ituri, Kivu provinces); MRAC
Brachyrhynchus dispar Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 115
Distr.: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri: Watsa; Kivu: Rwankwi) (Schouteden, 1952); Rwanda (Rugege) (Hoberlandt, 1956)
Ref.: Schouteden, 1952 (tax.); Hoberlandt, 1956 (distr.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Brachyrhynchus germari (Stål), 1873
Brachyrhynchus lobatus Germar, 1837: 133. ST?: South Africa?; Type deposit? Brachyrhynchus germari Stål, 1873: 144. New name for preoccupied Brachyrhynchus lobatus Germar Distr.: Mozambique (Hoberlandt, 1958)
Ref.: Hoberlandt, 1958 (distr.): Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.) Note: According to Horn (et al., 1990), The Germar collection of Hemiptera is supposed to be in the Zoological Museum in Lemberg (now Lwiw in Ukraine).
This could not be verified.
Brachyrhynchus lindemannae (Kormilev), 1956
Mezira lindemannae Kormilev, 1956b: 42. HT ♂: Tanganyika [now Tanzania] (Usambara Hills); ZSMC Brachyrhynchus lindemanni Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 117 Distr.: Tanzania
Ref.: Kormilev, 1956b (tax., fig.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Brachyrhynchus luberoensis (Schouteden), 1952
Mezira luberoensis Schouteden 1952: 215. STS: Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo] (Kivu province), Kenya; MRAC
Brachyrhynchus luberoensis Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 117
Distr.: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu: Lubero, Tshibinda) (Schouteden,1952); Kenya (Tuchi river [east of Mt. Kenya]) (Schouteden, 1952)
Ref.: Schouteden, 1952 (tax.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Brachyrhynchus overlaeti (Schouteden), 1952
Mezira overlaeti Schouteden 1952: 214. STS ♀: Belgian Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo] (Ituri, Kapanga provinces); MRAC
Brachyrhynchus overlaeti Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 118
Distr.: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ituri: Medje; Kapanga: Lualaba) Schouteden, 1952); Rwanda (Dendezi, Hoberlandt, 1956); Urundi [now Burundi] (Usumbura: Hoberlandt, 1956)
Ref.: Hoberlandt, 1956, 1966 (distr.)¸ Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Brachyrhynchus rugosus (Signoret), 1858
Crimia rugosa Signoret, 1858: 309. STS ♂♀: “vieux Calbar”[now Nigeria],” Guinée ” (Guinea); NHMW
Dusius torvus Bergroth, 1894a: 105. ST ♀. Synonymized by Bergroth, 1894b:179.
Brachyrhynchus rugosus Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 119
Distr.: West Africa, Gabon (Bergroth, 1894a); Urundi [now Burundi] (Usumbura, Hoberlandt, 1956); Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo] (Hoberlandt, 1967)
Ref.: Signoret, 1858 (tax.); Bergroth, 1894a (distr.); Hoberlandt, 1956, 1967 (distr.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Genus Ctenoneurus Bergroth, 1887
Ctenoneurus Bergroth, 1887: 188. Type species: Neuroctenus hochstetteri Mayr, 1866: 365 (New Zealand), subsequent designation by Usinger & Matsuda, 1959: 268.
Ctenoneurus drakei Hoberlandt, 1956
Ctenoneurus drakei Hoberlandt, 1956: 589. HT ♂: Ruanda [now Rwanda] (Dendezi); MRAC Distr.: Rwanda
Ref.: Hoberlandt, 1956 (tax.,fig.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
Ctenoneurus secretus (Bergroth), 1894
Neuroctenus secretus (Bergroth), 1894a: 114. STS: Gabon (NHRS), Congo [now Democratic Republic of the Congo]; MGAB (coll. Montandon)
Ctenoneurus secretus Lethierry & Severin, 1896: 45
Distr.: Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo; South Sudan (Equatoria: Yei, Iwatoka; Linnavuori 1978)
Ref.: Bergroth, 1894 (tax., loc.); Linnavuori, 1978 (loc.); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987 (cat.)
description: Published as part of Heiss, Ernst, 2013, Annotated checklist of the flat bug family Aradidae Brullé, 1836 from East Africa (Hemiptera, Heteroptera), pp. 331-344 in Zootaxa 3718 (4) on pages 335-338, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/218788