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

• Published in: Вестник зоологии
• Date: 2002
• Main Author: Putshkov, P.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут зоології ім. І.І. Шмальгаузена НАН України 2002
• Subjects: Фауна и систематика
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/64907
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: 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...