Arocatus Spinola, 1837
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Genus Arocatus Spinola, 1837 View in CoL
Arocatus Spinola, 1837: 257 View in CoL . Type species by monotypy: Lygaeus melanocephalus Fabricius, 1798 View in CoL . For synonymy and a selected bibliography see Gao et al. (2013).
Diagnosis. Head with a distinct, tumid postocular portion, eyes separated from anterior margin of pronotum but not stalked; distiflagellum at most slightly longer than (0.8–1.3 times as long as) pedicel; scutellum with a distinct Tshaped carina, adjacent lateral foveae with large, coarse, confluent punctures; metathoracic scent gland provided with well developed, protruding peritreme; fore femur unarmed ( Péricart 1999, Gao et al. 2013).
Distribution and diversity. The genus is distributed in the Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian Regions and currently contains 18 described species ( Gao et al. 2013). An additional new species is described below.
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Arocatus Spinola, 1837
| Tsai, Jing-Fu & Rédei, Dávid 2017 |
Arocatus
| Spinola 1837: 257 |
Lygaeus melanocephalus
| Fabricius 1798 |