Rhynocoris persicus (Heteroptera, Reduviidae): Three Species or One?

• Дата: 2002
• Автор: Putshkov, P.V.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Інститут зоології ім. І.І. Шмальгаузена НАН України 2002
• Назва видання: Вестник зоологии
• Теми: Фауна и систематика
• Онлайн доступ: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/64907
• Назва журналу: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Цитувати: Rhynocoris persicus (Heteroptera, Reduviidae): Three Species or One? / P.V. Putshkov // Вестник зоологии. — 2002. — Т. 36, № 5. — С. 27–34. — Бібліогр.: 22 назв. — англ.

The study of type-specimens and other material demonstrates that Rhynocoris persicus (Jakovlev, 1877) = Rh. christophi (Jakovlev, 1877), syn. n. = Rh. analis (Jakovlev, 1889), syn. n. The two latter, as well as Rh. christophi f. pictipes (Horvath, 1911), are only melanistic forms of the former. The type of colour variability in Rh. persicus is similar to those in Rh. iracundus (Poda, 1761) and Rh. monticola (Oshanin, 1870). Key taxonomic characters and geographic range of Rhynocoris persicus (Jakovlev, 1877) as well as those of its infraspecific forms are reconsidered. The species inhabits not only the vast regions of the Fore Asia, but is present in Kazakhstan too. Besides other characters, its main differences from Rh. iracundus and other Rhynocoris species are the details of the aedeagal theca structure for male and the spindle-like incrassation of the hind tibia for female. The latter character as well as the wax-like substance covering this tibia may be associated with some unknown feature of the reproductive biology probably related to egg-deposition process.