Revision of the Assassin Bug Genus Sigicoris stat. nov. Based on Morphological Study and Molecular Phylogeny (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae) †

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The members of the Reduviidae family are generally known as “assassin bugs” due to their predatory habits. Peiratinae is one of the largest subfamilies of Reduviidae with a cosmopolitan distribution. Based on the morphological examination on type specimens and other peiratine material from New Guinea, as well as the result of a molecular phylogenetic analysis using COI, 16S and 18S genes, the subgenus Ectomocoris (Sigicoris) Miller, 1958 is elevated to genus level and revised. Four species are recognized and keyed, including three new combinations: S. brumalis comb. nov., S. gracilis comb. nov., S. sexguttatus comb. nov. and one new species, S. dominiqueae sp. nov. The lectotype is designated for Brachysandalus sexguttatus. Pirates concinnus syn. nov. is treated as

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9604541 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature