Revision of the assassin bug genus Neopirates (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae), with descriptions of two new species from Namibia

Revision of the assassin bug genus Neopirates (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae), with descriptions of two new species from Namibia

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The African assassin bug genus Neopirates Miller, 1952, is revised.The type species, N.nyassae Miller, 1952, is redescribed and illustrated; Antennas two new species from Namibia, N.bicolor Liu & Cai sp.n.

and N.xanthothorax Liu & Cai sp.n.are described and a key is provided to separate the three species of this genus.Sphodrembas fumipennis Swanson, 2019, the type species of Sphodrembas Swanson, 2019, is placed as a junior synonym of N.

nyassae, resulting in Sphodrembas becoming a junior synonym of Cold and Flu Neopirates.Morphological differences between Neopirates and similar genera and the distribution of Neopirates are briefly discussed.