
Petr KmentNational Museum, Prague, Czech Republic · Department of Entomology
Petr Kment
Mgr., Ph.D.
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Shibhonia buxanthi gen. & sp. nov., living on Buxus hildebrandtii (senior synonym of Buxanthus pedicellatus) (Buxales: Buxaceae) on Socotra Island (Yemen) is described and illustrated. The new taxon is the sixth species of Miridae recorded from the island and the first endemic genus of this family. Due to the complex of its characters, it belongs t...
Myrmecomorphy is the most common type of Batesian mimicry in arthropods. In the true bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera), myrmecomorphy has been recorded in at least seven superfamilies, but not among the stink bugs (Pentatomoidea) until 2014. The only known species that exhibits a high degree of myrmecomorphy during both the adult and nymphal s...
Aradus mirus Bergroth, 1894 is trophically bound to native Central European species of pines, Pinus sylvestris and P. nigra, developing on dry(ing) broken-off branches lying on the ground. It inhabits various localities in warm or medium warm regions in relict pine forests as well as pine plantations in areas where relict pine stands once existed....
We here update the distribution and provide a checklist of the water boatmen (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixoidea: Corixidae) of Romania based on country-wide sampling, a literature survey, and private and museum collections. The Romanian fauna currently comprises 25 water boatmen species and subspecies in eight genera and two subfamilies. The occur...
The known distribution and habitat information of the three described species of the genus Thaumastella Horváth, 1896 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea: Thaumastellidae) are reviewed. In addition a fourth, undescribed species is reported from South Africa (Western Cape). Thaumastella aradoides Horváth, 1896, is recorded for th...
We provide corrections to 17 recent papers (published since 2013). The following new combination is proposed: Dabessus indicus Kushwaha and Jahan, 2023 = Neojurtina indica (Kushwaha and Jahan, 2023), new combination. The following corrections are provided: Miridae: Tytthus chinensis sensu Al-Anbaki et al. (2023) = Maurodactylus nigrigenis (Reuter,...
Taxonomové v odmítavých stanoviscích k "opravným návrhům" argumentují stabilitou biologické nomenklatury. Přesto jsme svědky neustálých změn vědeckých jmen, včetně jmen některých velmi běžných druhů-sýkora modřinka, dříve Parus coeruleus, se dnes jmenuje Cyanistes coeruleus a skokan skřehotavý již není Rana ridibunda, ale Pelophylax ridibundus. Maj...
Tempyra biguttula Stål, 1874 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Udeocorini) is a minute seed bug species native in the USA, Mexico and Caribbean. The first record of this alien species in Croatia is provided here based on a single specimen attracted to light in the Pelješac Peninsula (southern Dalmatia) in 2023...
the monotypic oriental genus Vitruvius Distant, 1901 (hemiptera: heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae), having an intricate and confusing taxonomic history, is revised. A new species, Vitruvius dobby roca-Cusachs, rider & Kment new species, is described from Cambodia and thailand. Notes on the hypothesized classification of the genus based on bo...
The following species are recorded from the Comoro Islands for the first time: 12 species of Pentatomidae: Pentatominae—Anoano pronotalis Cachan, 1952 (from Mayotte), Antestiopsis clymeneis cf. galtiei (Frappa, 1934) (Mayotte), Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister, 1835) (Mayotte), Bathycoelia rodhaini Schouteden, 1913 (Mayotte), Coquerelia ventralis Horvát...
Trypanosomatids are obligate parasites of animals, predominantly insects and vertebrates, and flowering plants. Monoxenous species, representing the vast majority of trypanosomatid diversity, develop in a single host, whereas dixenous species cycle between two hosts, of which primarily insect serves as a vector. To explore in-depth the diversity of...
Tolumnia immaculata Distant, 1900 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) is redescribed based on the study of primary types and additional specimens from India and Sri Lanka. This species is found to not be congeneric with the rest of Tolumnia Stål, 1868, including the type species. This verifies the original opinion of...
Dimorphopterus blissoides (Baerensprung, 1859) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Blissidae) is recorded for the first time from Slovakia and Iran. We provide also additional records of D. blissoides from Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary and Romania, and review the distribution of the species. The species is currently spreading in the Pannonian Basin, reac...
The first record of Acrosternum heegeri Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Nezarini) from Slovakia is presented. The presence of adults of both sexes as well as larvae indicates a probable viable population in Ivanka pri Dunaji (southern Slovakia). The species was most probably introduced to Slovakia from Hungary, whe...
The Caucasian fauna of water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) is reviewed based on data originating from literature survey, museum and private collections, and extensive field sampling. The diversity of Caucasus ecoregion is quite significant with 77 species and subspecies framed within 25 genera (17 in Nepomorpha, 8 in Gerromorpha), and...
This contribution is the first part of a series designed to summarize the present knowledge on the fauna of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the Socotra Archipelago. A review of aquatic, semiaquatic and shore bugs of the infraorders Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha of Socotra is provided. Nine families and 19 species are recorded f...
In the present study, Collartida eowilsoni sp. nov. is described from Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), which extends the distribution of the genus and the tribe Collartidini as a whole to the Oceanian biogeographic realm. The highly aberrant morphology of the new species required a reassessment of the diagnostic characters and generic limits of Colla...
Joppeicus paradoxus Puton, 1881 is the only representative of the family Joppeicidae. This tiny predaceous bug of around 3 mm long has a resemblance to members of the family Anthocoridae sensu lato. Herein we present an up-to-date distribution of the species, recording it for the first time in the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura Island) and in Yemen...
More than 95% of phytophagous true bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) species belong to four superfamilies: Miroidea (Cimicomorpha), Pentatomoidea, Coreoidea, and Lygaeoidea (all Pentatomomorpha). These iconic groups of highly diverse, overwhelmingly phytophagous insects include several economically prominent agricultural and silvicultural pest species,...
Based on the collected specimen and available photographs, we provide first records of the invasive assassin bug spe-cies Zelus (Diplodacus) renardii Kolenati, 1857 from Croatia and Montenegro. We also report a case of accidental introduction of a larva of Z. renardii to the Czech Republic. These records document further spreading of this species n...
The four described fossil taxa originally assigned to Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) are reviewed. Mesopyrrhocoris fasciatus Hong & Wang, 1990 (correction of gender agreement) from the Lower Cretaceous of Laiyang Basin, Shandong, China, was reclassified as Cimicomorpha incertae sedis by Shcherbakov (2008), an opinion confirmed here. The sta...
Newly discovered fossil bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera:
Pentatomidae) from the Eocene of Messel (Germany) and
Green River (North America) exhibit an exaggerated
morphology including prominent spiny humeral and
anterolateral angles of the pronotum and a spiny lateral
abdominal margin. Especially the humeral angles are unique;
they consist of...
The genus Surenus Distant, 1901 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Halyini) is revisited and found to be a junior subjective synonym of the genus Agathocles Stål, 1876 (currently Pentatominae: Rolstoniellini). The genus Agathocles and its type species, Agathocles limbatus Stål, 1876, are redescribed.
Pyrrhocoroidea represents an important group of true bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) which includes fire bugs, cotton stainers and other taxa widely used in experimental studies or known as pests. However, the morphology and phylogeny of Pyrrhocoroidea have been only poorly studied so far. Here, structures of the external scent efferent syst...
In this paper, we present new data on the genus Macrosaldula Leston & Southwood, 1964 based on material held in the collections of the National Museum (Prague, Czech Republic) and the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia). Macrosaldula graziae sp. nov., from South Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, is described. A...
The Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) is remarkable for unique ecosystems and high endemism, for which it is often referred to as the “Galápagos of the Indian Ocean”. Here we describe a new parasitic leech Myxobdella socotrensis sp. nov. from Socotra, the largest island of the archipelago. The new species was found in a freshwater spring attached to the...
Soupis druhů nalezených během Speciálního botanicko-zoologického cvičení v terénu na Litomyšlsku (31. 8.-4. 9. 2020) Pořádající instituce Ústav botaniky a zoologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Masarykova univerzita, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, tel. 549491439, fax 549498331
Most remote and oceanic islands are important, yet highly vulnerable biodiversity hotspots, which host a significant proportion of endemic species. Along with iconic endangered or extinct animals and plants, the disappearance of their co-inhabitants, including protist parasites, gets usually unnoticed from the conservation perspective. Here, we exa...
Spiracles are the openings in the exoskeleton of insects through which air enters into the respiratory system that is formed by a series of tubes called tracheae. They are primarily located on the abdomen, but can also occur on the thorax, including the metathorax. An insect metathoracic spiracle is usually composed of an external opening and a mor...
Aphelonotus schuhi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pachynomidae: Aphelonotinae) is described from Puerto Rico based on a single male collected by flight interception trap. The new species is morphologically similar to A. taino Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015 and A. xenos Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015, being distinguished from them by the combinat...
The world catalogue of the family Ochteridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Ochteroidea) is compiled. The fossil subfamily Propreocorinae Popov, Dolling & Whalley, 1994, recently excluded from Ochteridae by other authors, is formally raised to family rank as Propreocoridae stat. nov. The fossil genus Meropachys Popov, 1986 is found to be a ju...
Professor Miroslav Papáček (1953–2019) was an eminent specialist in morphology, taxonomy, systematics, biology and ecology of aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha). All his career was connected with the Department of Biology, Faculty of Education, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Czech Republ...
Miespa reedi (Drake, 1939) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Piesmatidae: Heissianini), previously known only from Chile, is recorded here as a new country record from Argentina. It is the second representative of the family Piesmatidae in the Argen-tinian fauna. The bibliography of Miespa reedi is summarized and the available data on the habitat, phenology...
The extreme biological diversity of Oceanian archipelagos has long stimulated research in ecology and evolution. However, parasitic protists in this geographic area remained neglected and no molecular analyses have been carried out to understand the evolutionary patterns and relationships with their hosts. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a biodiversity h...
Pyrrhocoroidea (including Largidae: Larginae, Physopeltinae, and Pyrrhocoridae) constitutes the second smallest superfamily of the true bug infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera).
Although this group includes several taxa widely used as models in experimental studies, as well as a number of economically important pests (inc. c...
Professor Pavel Štys (1933–2018) was an eminent specialist in morphology, taxonomy, systematics, biology and behaviour of Heteroptera, and the Commissioner of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. All his career was connected with the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, where h...
Hyocephalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) is a small family of true bugs containing two genera and three species endemic to Australia. For the fi rst time, we examine here selected structures of their external morphology using scanning electron microscopy-the external structures associated with the metathoracic and dorsoabdominal scen...
střední kontrolní a zkušební ústav zemědělský, Šlechtitelů 23, CZ-779 00 Olomouc, Abstract. The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål, 1855 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomi-dae: Pentatominae: Cappaeini), is recorded from the Czech Republic for the first time based on a female collected with a light trap in Luková u Přerova (central M...
We describe the monoxenous trypanosomatids parasitizing true bugs and flies on the island of Curaçao. Out of 248 examined true bugs belonging to 17 species, 93 individuals were found to be infected (overall 38% prevalence) by at least one trypanosomatid species (referred to as typing units; TUs). Out of 80 flies, six were infected. All detected try...
Psallus (Psallus) thomashenryi sp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini: Phylina) is described from southern Anatolia, Turkey. Illustrations of the dorsal habitus and male genitalia are provided. Its habitus is similar to other uniformly orange species of the subgenus Psallus Fieber, 1858, particularly P.asthenicus Seidenstücker,...
The genus Rhyncholepta Bergroth, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Chlorocorini) is redescribed and five species-group taxa are recognized, keyed, their diagnostic characters illustrated, and the distribution reviewed. Among the five taxa, two species and one subspecies are recognized as new: Rhyncholeptagrandicallosagrandic...
The stilt bug Metacanthus (Cardopostethus) annulosus Fieber, 1859 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Berytidae)
is recorded from the Czech Republic (Moravia) for the first time and from Slovakia after 132 years. The current
distribution and ecology of this species is reviewed. It is an arachnophile species usually found in funnel-webs of
agelenid spiders (Ar...
A recent cataloguing of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) types held in the collection of National Museum, Prague (NMPC), revealed several specimens originating from the collection of Czech collectors Emil Holub and Ladislav Duda, being part of the same series as types described by Géza Horváth in his paper ‘Hemiptera nova africana’ and until now believe...
The Romanian fauna comprises two species of Aquarius Schellenberg, 1800, eight species of Gerris Fabricius, 1794 and one species of Limnoporus Stål, 1868, and we hereby update the distribution and provide insights on the phenology and ecology of all eleven species in this country. We furthermore update the distribution of the two closely related sp...
We investigated the systematics and biogeography of the West-Palaearctic water cricket genus Velia Latreille based on a phylogenetic analysis of five molecular markers obtained from 79% of all known taxa of the subgenera Velia (s. str.) and Velia (Plesiovelia) Tamanini. The results revealed a sister group relationship between Velia (Plesiovelia) an...
In this chapter, we provide a taxonomic history for each family and subfamily (if applicable) and, in addition, for the tribes and generic groups within the Pentatomidae, that, perhaps, will give some perception of the taxonomic position of each group. We also discuss the systematic classification within each of these groups and provide general dia...
Members of the family Scutelleridae (Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Pentatomoidea) are also called shield bugs because of the greatly enlarged scutellum, or jewel bugs because of the brilliant colours of many species. All scutellerids are phytophagous, feeding on various parts of their host plants. Due to lack of obvious synapomorphies and the failu...
We provide records of two endangered species of saproxylic insects, Aradus obtectus Vásárhelyi, 1988 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) and Peltis grossa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae), documenting for the first time their presence in the Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve in the eastern Czech Republic (= the...
The African cluster bug Agonoscelis puberula Stål, 1854 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae: Agonoscelidini), an Afrotropical stink bug previously introduced to the New World, is recorded from Cuba for the first time. The specimen was collected in 1978 and represents the oldest record in America, suggesting the possibility of its in...
A list of 96 available genus-group taxa, 1459 available species-group taxa and 5 unavailable infrasubspecific taxa of Heteroptera described by Rauno E. Linnavuori is compiled. One new substitute name, Phytocoris (Eriamiris) rostriformis nom. nov., is proposed to replace the junior homonym Phytocoris rostratus Linnavuori, 2000b (Miridae). Taylorilyg...
The review of 22 genus-group and 152 species-group taxa named in honour of R. E. Linnavuori is given (Heteroptera-12 genera and 75 species; Auchenorrhyncha-10 genera and 49 species; Psyllomorpha-2 species; Coleoptera-25 species; Lepidoptera-1 species). Reference to the original descriptions and current status are given for each of the names.
A list of 19 family-group, 206 available genus-group, 1267 available and 16 unavailable species-group taxa of Cicadomorpha described by Rauno E. Linnavuori is compiled. The following 18 taxa were originally proposed as unavailable infrasubspecific names, being either published in papers describing forms and varieties along with subspecies or being...
The complete list of 306 papers authored by Rauno E. Linnavuori and dealing with Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncha and Coleoptera is given. Exact publication dates of all papers, except one journal article and few conference abstracts, have been verified according to the original publications and indicated in square brackets after each reference.
Ectatops grandis sp. nov., is described, illustrated, and compared with E. dembickyi Stehlík, 2007. The
new species originates from central Vietnam and is the largest known species of the genus Ectatops Amyot et
Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). A list of all the species of Ectatops is provided and
their distribution is review...
New distributional data on the rare and endangered saproxylic beetle, Peltis grossa (Linnaeus, 1758), and its Eastern vicariant Peltis gigantea (Reitter, 1882) are provided. Peltis grossa is recorded from 21 European countries, with first or first exact records provided for Asian Turkey, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro. In contrast, the species is...
The first record of the introduced plant bug Deraeocoris flavilinea (A. Costa, 1862) (Miridae: Deraeocorinae:
Deraeocorini) from Slovakia is presented, as well as four additional records from the Czech Republic. In three of the cases the species was collected on the non-native honey locust Gleditsia triacanthos in city parks.
First record of Ceraleptus gracilicornis (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) from Bohemia (Czech Republic).
Features: • Presents a brief history of past classifications, a summary of present classification, and speculation on how the classification may evolve in the future • Includes keys for the identification of families and subfamilies of the Pentatomoidea and for the tribes in the Pentatomidae • Explains transmission of plant pathogens and concepts o...
The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to
conserve the widely used specific name Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874, for a species of rhyparochromid bugs from East Asia. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Rhyparochromus erosus Walker, 1872, which has seldom been used since its first publication. The...
Food webs are of crucial importance for understanding any ecosystem. The accuracy of food web and ecosystem models rests on the reliability of the information on the feeding habits of the species involved. Water boatmen (Corixoidea) is the most diverse superfamily of water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha), frequently the most abundant group of insect...
The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys Stål, 1855 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), is recorded from Slovakia for the first time based on a 5<sup>th</sup> instar larva collected in the town of Štúrovo, Slovakia. The current distribution, economic importance and biology of the species are briefly reviewed. During the visit to Štúrov...
Hemiptera records gained in July 2015 in course of the 7 th European Hemiptera Congress in Styria are presented. In total, 144 Auchenorrhyncha, 143 Heteroptera, 13 Psylloidea and 2 Aphididae species were collected. Ribautodelphax imitans (Delphacidae), Eurhadina saageri (Cicadellidae), Notonecta maculata (Notonectidae), Notonecta meridionalis (Noto...
The generic name Lanchnophorus Reuter, 1887, deemed for a long time to be unavailable as incorrect original spelling of Lachnophorus (in fact Lachnophorus Distant, 1903 is an unjustified emendation of the former), is restored as a valid name of the genus. Lachnesthus Bergroth, 1915, syn. nov. (new name for the preoccupied Lachnophorus Distant, 1903...
A new genus and species, Rhyparoclava pyrrhocoroides from the Montagne de Français in northern Madagascar is described and illustrated, including structures of the external scent efferent system of the metathoracic scent glands, pregenital abdomen and its trichobothrial pattern, and the genitalia of both sexes. This autapomorphic taxon is brachypte...
Phytomonas spp. (phytomonads) are a diverse and globally distributed group of unicellular eukaryotes that parasitize a wide range of plants and are transmitted by insect hosts. Here we report the discovery and characterisation of a new species of Phytomonas, named Phytomonas oxycareni n. sp., which was obtained from the salivary glands of the invas...
Circadian clocks keep organisms in synchrony with external day-night cycles. The free running period (FRP) of the clock, however, is usually only close to—not exactly—24 h. Here, we explored the geographical variation in the FRP of the linden bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus, in 59 field-lines originating from a wide variety of localities representing geog...