Proguithera caspersi/, a new cavernicolous thread-legged bug species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from Hainan, China
Zhuo Chen1, H U Li, Wanzhi Cai
1Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China. insectchen625@126.com.
Abstract:
The thread-legged bug genus Proguithera Wygodzinsky, 1966 is recorded from China for the first time, and a new species, P. caspersi sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The new species is cavernicolous and was collected on the walls of a cave together with another emesine species Myiophanes tipulina Reuter, 1881. The type species of the genus, P. drescheri (Wygodzinsky, 1966), is re-diagnosed based on the examination of the holotype. An updated key to species of the Guithera-Lutevula genus group is provided.
