Eugubinus canalanus ( Distant, 1914 )

Ghate, Hemant V., Boyane, Swapnil S. & Webb, Michael D., 2021, Description of the adult of the thread-legged assassin bug Eugubinus araneus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from India, with comments on other congeneric species, Zootaxa 4990 (2), pp. 291-304 : 299

Eugubinus canalanus ( Distant, 1914)

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Gardena canalana Distant, 1914: 385 . Syntypes: New Caledonia, Canala; BMNH.

Eugubinus canalanus: Wygodzinsky (1966: 243) (diagnostic characters, figures, records).

Type material examined. Syntype: ♂, “ New Caledonia: Mt Kanala , 3.11. 11, 700 m ”, “ Gardena canalana Distant 1914 ” [blue circular label], “ Eugubinus canalanus (Distant) ”, “NHMUK 013587482” ( BMNH) .

Remarks. This species was described from an unspecified number of specimens with the following data “Canala, New Caledonia ”. The range of body length given (“15 to 24 mill.”) indicates that the description was based on more than one individuals, but only one specimen (a male) was found in BMNH. Wygodzinsky (1966) listed a non-type male from Noumea, deposited in the American Museum of Natural History. This is a rather unusual species of Eugubinus because of its large body (the body length of other species of Eugubinus is 13–15 mm), longer basal portion of fore femur without spines (unique within Eugubinus ) and aptery (all other species are known from macropterous morphs only). The single male syntype of this species is illustrated ( Fig. 28 ).

Figures

FIGURES 26–28. Specimens of Eugubinus spp. and their labels. 26, topotypical nymph of E. reticolus Distant, 1915 (actual size about 12.0 mm); 27, holotype of E. papuensis Wygodzinsky, 1966 (actual size 15.2 mm); 28, syntype of E. canalanus (Distant, 1914) (actual size about 18 mm): the printed determination label is a BMNH collection label, not a specimen label.