A new species of Triatominae from Tamil Nadu, India.
A new species of the genus Linshcosteus Distant, 1904 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) is described from specimens collected near Kalakkadu, Tamil Nadu state, southern India. Specimens were found in deep crevices between rocks, in a region of semi-arid scrub jungle. The distinctiveness of the new species was demonstrated by a morphometric analysis including the five previously described species of Linshcosteus, all from India. Nine measurements of the head were used in an isometric size-free principal component analysis. In terms of discrete morphology the new species, Linshcosteus karupus sp.n. Galvão, Patterson, Rocha & Jurberg differs from the most similar one, L. kali Lent & Wygodzinsky, 1979, by its very prominent anterolateral projections of the pronotum, by the length to width ratio of the pronotum, by the pilosity of the head and several other characters, including phallic structures. A revised key is presented for the six species of the genus.
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Keywords | Linshcosteus karupus, Reduviidae, Triatominae, morphometrics, new species, Reduviidae, bolivia, Animal, Female, India, Male, Phylogeny, Species Specificity, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Triatominae, anatomy & histology, classification |
ISI | 174897600009 |