GALINTHIADIDAE Giglio-Tos, 1919

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GALINTHIADIDAE Giglio-Tos, 1919

Galinthias amoena ( Saussure, 1871) ( Fig. 1 D, 6B)

Sampling. NNP.3—One male (GSMC004701).

Distribution. Species within the genus Galinthias range across East Africa, but G. amoena and G. meruensis are the first species within the genus recorded in Rwanda. Galinthias amoena is previously been recorded in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Natal, South Africa, Somalia, Tanzania, Transvaal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

Galinthias meruensis Sjöstedt, 1909 ( Figs 1 C, 6A)

Sampling. ANP.1—One male (GSMC004702) and one nymph (GSMC004390). Distribution. Galinthias meruensis has previously been recorded in Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Pseudoharpax crenaticollis La Greca, 1954

Sampling. ANP.2—One female (GSMC004703) and three nymphs (GSMC005015–17). Distribution. Species within the genus Pseudoharpax are found across the African continent. The species P. crenaticollis is previously recorded in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Live habitus. A, Oxypilus montanus (male) from ANP; B, Oxypilus meruensis (male) from NNP; C, Galinthias meruensis (male) from ANP; D, Galinthias amoena (male) from ANP; E, Pseudoharpax crenaticollis (female) from ANP; F, Pseudocreobotra sp. (juv.) from ADR; G, Pseudocreobotra sp. (juv.) from ANP; H, Theopompella cf. westwoodi (male) from NNP; I, Amorphoscelis pulchella (male) from ANP.