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This paper in the first volume including data on the specimens of the Polish Heteroptera preserved in the entomological collection of the Department of Biosystematics (Opole University, Poland). The oldest material in this collection... more
This paper in the first volume including data on the specimens of the Polish Heteroptera preserved in the entomological collection of the Department of Biosystematics (Opole University, Poland). The oldest material in this collection comes from 1994, and, at present, the collection includes about 50,000 unidentified Polish specimens. This volume includes data on 70 species of the Polish true bugs representing three superfamilies, i.e., Aradoidea (3 species), Pentatomoidea (54 species) oraz Coreoidea (13 species). New biological data are presented for several dozen of species, and new province records are given for 17 species.
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Two species of the genus ParaethusJ. A. Lis, 1994 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae: Cydninae: Geotomini) are transferred to ProlactistesJ. A. Lis, 2001, resulting in the following new combinations: Prolactistes jani(J. A. Lis, 1995),... more
Two species of the genus ParaethusJ. A. Lis, 1994 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae: Cydninae: Geotomini) are transferred to ProlactistesJ. A. Lis, 2001, resulting in the following new combinations: Prolactistes jani(J. A. Lis, 1995), comb. nov., and Prolactistes lisi(Magnien, 2014), comb. nov. Diagnostic characters for Prolactistes, and a key for its three species are provided. The present note also reports the first Indonesian record for Prolactistes australisJ. A. Lis, 2001 (Ambon Island, Timor) and P. lisi(Ambon Island), both known previously only from Australia.
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<em>Nysius huttoni</em>, the species endemic to New Zealand, is regarded as a pest which feeding can seriously reduce crop establishment in forage brassicas. It was discovered for the first time in Europe in 2002 (the... more
<em>Nysius huttoni</em>, the species endemic to New Zealand, is regarded as a pest which feeding can seriously reduce crop establishment in forage brassicas. It was discovered for the first time in Europe in 2002 (the Netherlands) and has spread in several European countries (Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Germany). Although detailed data on the natural spread of <em>N. huttoni </em>is lacking, it can theoretically be transported over long distances with infested plants, and is often found on apple and kiwi fruit packages exported from New Zealand. The species was hitherto not reported from Poland, therefore its potential geographic distribution was modelled using maximum entropy (Max-Ent) in order to predict the regions of Poland where it would have found the best environmental conditions for its further spread. The results showed that the possibility of invasion of <em>N. huttoni </em>into the territory of our country is very low and the species can settle only in regions close to the Baltic Coast in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Erratum: BARBARA LIS & JERZY A. LIS (2021) Hypsipyrgias joseliae, a new species of lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae: Tinginae) from New Guinea with a key to species of the genus Hypsipyrgias, and comments on three allied genera Hypsipyrgias Kirkaldy, 1908, Diplocysta Horváth, 1925, and Hypsotingi...more
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The genus Lactistes Schiødte, 1847 (Cydnidae: Cydninae: Geotomini sensu lato – for a new classification of the Cydnidae, see Pluot-Sigwalt & J.A. Lis, 2008) comprises 15 species distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental... more
The genus Lactistes Schiødte, 1847 (Cydnidae: Cydninae: Geotomini sensu lato – for a new classification of the Cydnidae, see Pluot-Sigwalt & J.A. Lis, 2008) comprises 15 species distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, and Oriental Regions, and only a single species reported from the Australian Region (J.A. Lis 1996, 1999; Cassis & Gross 2002). This species, named Lactistes obesipes, was described three times by Signoret in three different papers (1879, 1880, 1881) from an unknown locality in Australia (firstly as “Nouvelle-Hollande”, then as “Australie”) on the basis of the same single female specimen.
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Parastrachiidae, for a long time regarded as a subfamily within the Cydnidae (e.g., Schaefer et al. 1988; Schuh and Slater 1995; Gapud 1991), was raised to family level by Sweet and Schaefer (2002), and this position was then accepted by... more
Parastrachiidae, for a long time regarded as a subfamily within the Cydnidae (e.g., Schaefer et al. 1988; Schuh and Slater 1995; Gapud 1991), was raised to family level by Sweet and Schaefer (2002), and this position was then accepted by many heteropterists (e.g., Lis and Heyna 2001; Lis and Schaefer 2005; Hironaka et al. 2007; Schaefer and Kikuhara 2007; Lis 2010).
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ABSTRACT Nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragments (12S rDNA and 16S rDNA) of twenty species of Pentatomomorpha and a single out-group species (i.e. Triatoma dimidiata, representing the infraorder... more
ABSTRACT Nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragments (12S rDNA and 16S rDNA) of twenty species of Pentatomomorpha and a single out-group species (i.e. Triatoma dimidiata, representing the infraorder Cimicomorpha) have been determined. Their nucleotide composition, substitution patterns and nucleotide divergence were investigated. To evaluate the usefulness of the 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA sequences for phylogenetic inference, the obtained data sets were analyzed using different methods (MP, ME, NJ, Bayesian estimation). The average A + T contents in studied species were as high as in other previously investigated Heteroptera (above 75%), except for the Aradidae where the A + T content for 12S and 16S rDNA fragments were below 70%. The A/G and T/C transition biases found in both rDNA fragments agreed with the observations suggesting that the transitional substitutions occur more readily than transversional substitutions; however, the observed A/T transversion frequency in the 16S rDNA of Pentatomomorpha was distinctly lower (18.78%) than that found in cimicomorphan Anthocoridae (54.52%). Undirectional nucleotide pair frequencies, in 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA fragments increase linearly with an increase in taxonomic level indicating that the rate of nucleotide substitutions is constant along studied taxonomic levels. Results of our studies suggested that the nucleotide sequences of 12S and 16S rDNA fragments can be regarded as a good marker for resolving the phylogeny of closely related genera. Moreover, it was found that the Bayesian inference analysis of the combined 12S/16S rDNA dataset appears to be the most appropriate method for phylogenetic reconstructions in Pentatomomorpha when the mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes are used.
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ABSTRACT Megymenum sumatranum n. sp. (Dinidoridae: Megymeninae) from Sumatra is described, illustrated and compared with other species of the genus.
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Uradenia, often referred to as paragenital glands, are usually voluminous paired exocrine glands located ventrally in the abdomen mostly on the intersegmental membrane between abdominal segments (= urites) VII-VIII or VIII-IX, depending... more
Uradenia, often referred to as paragenital glands, are usually voluminous paired exocrine glands located ventrally in the abdomen mostly on the intersegmental membrane between abdominal segments (= urites) VII-VIII or VIII-IX, depending on sex or the taxon. They have been previously recorded from eight pentatomomorphan families belonging to Coreoidea, Lygaeoidea and Pyrrhocoroidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), found either in males, females or both sexes, and were thought to be absent in Pentatomoidea. We report here the first instance of uradenia in a pentatomoid genus, the African Dismegistus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Parastrachiidae). Only the male adult possesses uradenia located on the intersegmental membrane of segments VIII-IX. The only other genus of the family, Parastrachia Distant, 1883, as well as other examined genera belonging to pentatomoid families possibly related to Parastrachiidae (Cydnidae, Thyreocoridae), do not possess uradenia. The uradenia of Dismegistus exhibit the...
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Nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragments (12S rDNA and 16S rDNA) of twenty species of Pentatomomorpha and a single out-group species (i.e. Triatoma dimidiata, representing the infraorder... more
Nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial 12S and 16S ribosomal RNA gene fragments (12S rDNA and 16S rDNA) of twenty species of Pentatomomorpha and a single out-group species (i.e. Triatoma dimidiata, representing the infraorder Cimicomorpha) have been determined. Their nucleotide composition, substitution patterns and nucleotide divergence were investigated. To evaluate the usefulness of the 12S rDNA and 16S rDNA sequences for phylogenetic inference, the obtained data sets were analyzed using different methods (MP, ME, NJ, Bayesian estimation). The average A + T contents in studied species were as high as in other previously investigated Heteroptera (above 75%), except for the Aradidae where the A + T content for 12S and 16S rDNA fragments were below 70%. The A/G and T/C transition biases found in both rDNA fragments agreed with the observations suggesting that the transitional substitutions occur more readily than transversional substitutions; however, the observed A/T transversio...
Heissocteus ernsti was described from Zambia (Lis 2006) as a genus and species new to science. Despite the fact that its description was based on a single female, the morphological characters could place the new taxon close to... more
Heissocteus ernsti was described from Zambia (Lis 2006) as a genus and species new to science. Despite the fact that its description was based on a single female, the morphological characters could place the new taxon close to Cephalocteus Dufour, the only genus of the tribe Cephalocteini (Cydnidae: Cephalocteinae) known at then (Lis 1999).
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The genus Amnestus was described by Dallas in 1851, as a New World genus, and it was ratified by Froeschner (1960) in his revision for the Western Hemisphere Cydnidae.
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Recently, DNA has become a major source for phylogenetic inference. Although, in entomology, morphology-based methods of taxon identification and the use of morphological data for phylogenetic analyses remain prevalent, the value of these... more
Recently, DNA has become a major source for phylogenetic inference. Although, in entomology, morphology-based methods of taxon identification and the use of morphological data for phylogenetic analyses remain prevalent, the value of these types of studies (often called “traditional”) are depreciated from time to time. It is obvious, that wrong taxon identification may affect results of any taxonomic study. Here we examine evidence that not only the modern “molecular” taxonomists, but even the so-called “traditional” taxonomists, may be casual and irresponsible in taxa identification, when they do their phylogenomic research. We also argue that a researcher’s responsibility for proper taxon identification and its naming is actually much higher in molecular studies than in any others.
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First molecular studies on museum specimens of five families of pentatomoid bugs, namely Cydnidae, Dinidoridae, Parastrachiidae, Tessaratomidae, and Thyreocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea), are presented, as a preliminary... more
First molecular studies on museum specimens of five families of pentatomoid bugs, namely Cydnidae, Dinidoridae, Parastrachiidae, Tessaratomidae, and Thyreocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea), are presented, as a preliminary approach to molecular phylogenetic analyses of these families. Forty-eight pin-mounted museum specimens representing 46 pentatomoid species collected in the late 19 th and the 20 th century (more than 15 years old, the oldest specimen collected in 1894) were analyzed; and the acquisition of PCR amplifiable mitochondrial DNA (16S and/or 12S rDNA fragments) was successful from 10 specimens, i.e., 2 specimens (2 species) of Cydnidae, 4 specimens (4 species) of Dinidoridae, 1 specimen (1 species) of Parastrachiidae, 1 specimen (1 species) of Tessaratomidae, and 2 specimens (2 species) of Thyreocoridae. The oldest PCR amplifiable mtDNA sample was extracted from Strombosoma impictum (Stål) (Thyreocoridae) collected in 1932 in Zaire.
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New data on the pretarsus in Cydnidae sensu lato are presented; 56 species of 38 genera are studied based on the SEM techniques. Pretarsal structures in Cydnidae s.l. are demonstrated to be not uniform; some are typically pentatomoid, and... more
New data on the pretarsus in Cydnidae sensu lato are presented; 56 species of 38 genera are studied based on the SEM techniques. Pretarsal structures in Cydnidae s.l. are demonstrated to be not uniform; some are typically pentatomoid, and some are atypical for Pentatomoidea. Structures associated with the unguitractor plate, described for the first time by Weirauch (2005) in Reduviidae, and not reported for Cydnidae s.l. in the past, are described for the first time.
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Five species representing the family Cydnidae sensu lato are recorded from Guam; three of them are reported for the first time from the island: Byrsinus varians (Fabricius, 1803), Fromundus biimpressus (Horváth, 1919), and Rhytidoporus... more
Five species representing the family Cydnidae sensu lato are recorded from Guam; three of them are reported for the first time from the island: Byrsinus varians (Fabricius, 1803), Fromundus biimpressus (Horváth, 1919), and Rhytidoporus indentatus Uhler, 1877. The widespread species, Fromundus pygmaeus (Dallas), was recorded by Ruckes (1963) and verified by us. The occurrence of a fifth species, previously listed from the island by Ruckes (1963) and Lis (1996), namely Adrisa flavomarginata (Vollenhoven, 1868), is regarded as doubtful. Of four currently known burrower bug species occurring on Guam, three are Oriental and one is American in origin. A key to all burrower bug species known from the island is provided. Additionally, Microporus shiromai Froeschner, 1976 from Hawaii is regarded as a junior synonym of Byrsinus varians (Fabricius, 1803).
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A redescription of Schiodtella laevicollis (MONTANDON, 1897) new combination based on the type material preserved at the "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History in Bucharest is given. Illustrations of some morphological... more
A redescription of Schiodtella laevicollis (MONTANDON, 1897) new combination based on the type material preserved at the "Grigore Antipa" Museum of Natural History in Bucharest is given. Illustrations of some morphological characters and male genitalia are also provided.
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The “cydnoid” complex of pentatomoid families, including Cydnidae, Parastrachiidae, Thaumastellidae, and Thyreocoridae, is morphologically defined by the presence of an array of more or less flattened stout setae (called coxal combs),... more
The “cydnoid” complex of pentatomoid families, including Cydnidae, Parastrachiidae, Thaumastellidae, and Thyreocoridae, is morphologically defined by the presence of an array of more or less flattened stout setae (called coxal combs), situated on the distal margin of coxae. These structures, suggested to prevent the coxal-trochanteral articulation from injuries caused by particles of soil, sand or dust, by their nature and function are unknown elsewhere in the Heteroptera. As such, coxal combs were regarded as a synapomorphy of this group of families, and enabled the definition of it as a monophylum. In this study, the monophyly of the “cydnoid” complex of families is tested for the first time, based on the combined analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences (28S rDNA D3 region, and 18S rDNA). Combined analyses of both genes are performed using Bayesian methods with the covarion option in MrBayes 3.2.0. Non-monophyly of the entire “cydnoid” complex of families, and independent orig...
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Mitochondrial 12S and 16S rDNA sequences of five species of Dinidoridae Stål, 1868, a largely Paleotropical family, and 16 other shield bugs (Pentatomoidea) were studied. This was the first molecular examination of the systematic position... more
Mitochondrial 12S and 16S rDNA sequences of five species of Dinidoridae Stål, 1868, a largely Paleotropical family, and 16 other shield bugs (Pentatomoidea) were studied. This was the first molecular examination of the systematic position of this family within the superfamily Pentatomoidea using more than a single dinidorid species. Phylogenetic trees obtained from the Bayesian inference of 12S and 16S sequences of these mitochondrial DNA, identified Dinidoridae as the monophylum and a sister group to the Tessaratomidae. Moreover, results of the study suggested a close molecular affinity of the genus Eumenotes to representatives of the subfamily Dinidorinae, which contradicts all previous morphological analyses that placed it within the subfamily Megymeninae. We suggest restoring taxonomic status of the tribe Eumenotini and removing it from the synonymy of Megymenini, leaving the genus with no subfamilial assignment for the moment.