AMNESTUS RAUNOI N. SP. FROM IRAN, THE FIRST OLD WORLD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW WORLD SUBFAMILY AMNESTINAE (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: CYDNIDAE)
AMNESTUS RAUNOI N. SP. FROM IRAN, THE FIRST OLD WORLD REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NEW WORLD SUBFAMILY AMNESTINAE (HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA: CYDNIDAE)
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DOI:
10.33338/ef.83960
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发表时间:
1998
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通讯作者:
J. Lis
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作者:
J. Lis
The subfamily Amnestinae contains the single genus Amnestus Dallas with 25 extant species known to be restricted in their distribution range only to the western hemisphere. The genus Amnestus Dall. is (as is the subfamily Amnestinae) easily recognisable among all the Cydnidae by the presence of a distinct claval commissure, a very unusual feature even in whole Pentatomoidea. During a visit to the Gilan province in Iran (made by Rauno E. Linnavuori in 1994), four specimens (one male and three females) undoubtedly representing the genus Amnestus were collected. The specimens appeared to represent a new species, which is described below. The Gilan province is quite unique in the whole Middle East. Owing to the influence of the Caspian Sea the climate is very humid (annual rainfall in lowlands about 1.5 m, in mountains still higher). Mountain slopes are covered with dense deciduous forests, lowlands with rice and tea plantations. The new species was found at a light trap near rice fields at Sume'eh Sara. The main locality is a little planted park (Quercus sp., Ulmus sp.) in Rasht, where the bugs were collected by R. E. Linnavuori also in July-August 1995-1996; nevertheless, despite repeated attempts further specimens of this new species have not been found.