Ademula pauliani ( Villiers, 1949a )

Krüger, Andreas, 2019, Notes on Afrotropical Enicocephalidae and Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with emphasis on vehicle-mounted net samples from Liberia, West Africa, Zootaxa 4688 (2), pp. 232-248 : 235

Ademula pauliani ( Villiers, 1949a)

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Material examined: LIBERIA: Bong county, trip Weadea—Marvor , 6°52.5′N 10°23′W, 19.v.1989, 9 am, vehiclemounted net, leg. Rolf Garms (1 ♀) .

Distribution: New for Liberia. Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone.

Remark: This is one of two Ademula species found in mainland Africa. It differs from A. ghanaensis Villiers, 1982 by the very long spine on the base of scutellum ( Villiers, 1982).

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FIGURE 2. Reduviidae. A, Acanthaspis sulcipes; B, Ademula pauliani; C, Androclus pictus; D, Authenta quadridens; E, Cosmolestes aethiopicus; F, Ectomocoris pretiosus; G, Empicoris sp. near morstatti; Scale bars: A–F, 5mm; G, 1mm.