taxonID	type	description	language	source
03B587C2C011FF86FF0DFD7EFDEBF9BB.taxon	description	Female. Unknown.	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C011FF86FF0DFD7EFDEBF9BB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The structure of the phallosoma and pseudostrigil of N. liberianus are unique among known congeners and are the most obvious diagnostic attributes. Specifically, the pseudostrigil is mostly flattened and the mat of denticles is on the dorsal surface. This species keys to couplet 4 in Sites & Mbogho (2012) where it presents characteristics of both halves of the couplet. The body is longer than 10 mm; however, the width / length ratio is 0.615. Double keying from couplet 4 leads to Neomacrocoris karimii Poisson or to couplet 14. It can be distinguished from N. karimii of East Africa by the narrower body and phallosoma and pseudostrigil structure. At couplet 14, the condition of the phallosoma is distinct to the point that this species no longer keys satisfactorily.	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C011FF86FF0DFD7EFDEBF9BB.taxon	discussion	Discussion. The holotype specimen is from Liberia and was found among identified specimens of Limnocoris pauper Montandon in the USNM. The paratype is from Sierra Leone and was one of three specimens from different African localities in the MNHN that were all identified by Montandon as Pseudambrysus angusticeps (Haglund), now in the genus Neomacrocoris (Montandon 1913). I determined the other two specimens to be N. handlirschi (Montandon), and they were from the Congo and Mpala, Tanganyika. N. liberianus is the westernmost known species of Neomacrocoris. An unidentified female specimen of Neomacrocoris from Sierra Leone is in the Royal Museum of Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium (Sites & Mbogho 2012), but it is unknown if that female is conspecific with N. liberianus. I considered the possibility that this new species could be N. angusticeps based on the nearly identical overall body size as reported in the original description (Haglund 1895) and that both occur in western Africa. The type specimen of N. angusticeps is a male from Cameroon and has been missing since the 1930 s from the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum in Stockholm (Poisson 1948, Sites & Mbogho 2012). I searched more than 20 major museums in Africa, Europe, and America that would be expected to hold specimens of Neomacrocoris and was unable to locate the type. Therefore, a current concept for this species is not possible because the original description is only seven lines in length; as such, N. angusticeps is a nomen dubium. Montandon evidently examined the type of N. angusticeps within two years after it was described and later compared it to other species of African Naucoridae. Although the normally astute Montandon identified the paratype designated here as N. angusticeps, he also identified two specimens of N. handlirschi, which also are in the MNHN, as N. angusticeps. Montandon apparently did not consider the genitalic structure of naucorids but instead based his species concepts on more readily apparent features. As such, performing identifications on specimens of Neomacrocoris by Montandon was rendered tenuous and difficult at best because male structures are necessary (Sites & Mbogho 2012). The structure of the phallosomas and pseudostrigils of N. liberianus and N. handlirschi are strikingly distinct.	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C011FF86FF0DFD7EFDEBF9BB.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is named for the country from which the holotype was collected. Repositories. The holotype is housed in the United States National Museum of Natural History and the only paratype is in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle — Paris.	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C011FF86FF0DFD7EFDEBF9BB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. HOLOTYPE: LIBERIA: Reputa, WM Mann / Smithsonian Firestone Exp, 1940 (USNM, ♂). Paratype: SIERRA LEONE / Museum Paris, coll. G. Fallou 259 - 95 / Pseudambrysus angusticeps Hagl., Montand. det. 1897 (MNHN, 1 ♂).	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C014FF87FF0DF9BCFB98FCF6.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species is widespread throughout much of Africa; thus, it is variable in its expression. It is known from the Ivory Coast (Sites & Mbogho 2012) east to Sudan (Linnavuori 1981) and south through the Democratic Republic of Congo (Poisson 1948, 1949) and Tanzania (Mbogho & Sites 2013) to South Africa (Sites & Mbogho 2012). Reported here are the first records of this species from Morogoro Region of Tanzania and Mbale District in eastern Uganda. The limited previous Uganda records were from Jinja District and Namanve Swamp, both near the northern end of Lake Victoria. I collected in Namanve Swamp in August 2013 (L- 1636); the swamp has been destroyed for commercial interests to the point that less than 1 % of the swamp remained. No specimens of Neomacrocoris were collected in the small tract of remaining swamp. However, further north in Kapchorwa and Mbale districts, I collected several adult and immature specimens in small, muddy agricultural streams in the mountains. In Morogoro Region of Tanzania, many specimens were collected in the muddy, vegetated margins of streams.	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C014FF87FF0DF9BCFB98FCF6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. TANZANIA: MOROGORO REGION, Kilombero District, Mwaya River at Mang'ula, 07 º 50.945 ' S, 36 º 53.201 ' E, elev. 313 m, 7 August 2013, R. W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, muddy / veg margins of sand / gravel stream, L- 1623 (UMC, 23 ♂, 19 ♀); Kisawasawa River at Kisawasawa, 07 º 53.596 ' S, 36 º 52.311 ' E, elev. 326 m, 8 August 2013, R. W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, veg margins of sandy stream L- 1625 (UMC, 11 ♂, 8 ♀); Sonjo River at Sonjo, 07 º 48.490 ' S, 36 º 53.785 ' E, elev. 320 m, 8 August 2013, R. W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, veg margins of rocky stream, L- 1626 (UMC, 16 ♂, 11 ♀); Sumbugulu River at Kidatu, 07 º 43.371 ' S, 36 º 56.013 ' E, elev. 306 m, 8 August 2013, R. W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, veg margins of rocky stream, L- 1627 (UMC, 7 ♂, 9 ♀); Kiberege River at Kiberege, 07 º 56.871 ' S, 36 º 51.378 ' E, elev. 299 m, 8 August 2013, R. W. Sites, A. Mbogho, G. Rwegasira, vegetated margins of sandy stream, L- 1628 (UMC, 3 ♂, 5 ♀); Ilahi River at Iraguwa, 08 º 30.336 ' S, 36 º 31.660 ' E, elev 313 m, 9 August 2013, R. W. Sites & G. Rwegasira, muddy stream w / vegetated margins, L- 1633 (UMC, 2 ♀). UGANDA: KAPCHORWA DISTRICT: Chekwenda River, 01 º 20.633 ' N, 34 º 20.372 ' E, elev. 1360 m, 14 August 2013, R. W. Sites & M. Masanza, veg margins of muddy stream, L- 1641 (UMC, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 nymphs). MBALE DISTRICT, Nambale, ca. 4 km S Mbale, 01 º 00.392 ' N, 34 º 11.394 ' E, elev. 1159 m, 14 August 2013, R. W. Sites & M. Masanza, gravel strm with veg margins, L- 1643 (UMC, 1 ♂). Published records. See records of N. parviceps in Sites & Mbogho (2012).	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C015FF87FF0DFC7CFEC0F85A.taxon	discussion	Discussion. Distant (1904) described Macrocoris transvaalensis from the Lydenburg District in northeastern South Africa. His description was brief to the extent that except for body size, it was consistent with nearly every species of Neomacrocoris although he placed it in the genus Macrocoris. The original description did not mention the number of specimens, sex, or repository; however, a single female specimen with a holotype label was found in the BMNH and because it was not indicated in the original description, it was designated as the lectotype and the species transferred to Neomacrocoris by Sites & Mbogho (2012). Reliable identifications of species in this genus require male genitalia and associated abdominal terga; except for a few species, females must be associated with identifiable males (Sites & Mbogho 2012). Because N. transvaalensis was known only by females, the possibility remained that it could be conspecific with a described congener and that male specimens were needed to resolve its identity. Recent collections by Hannes Marais has made available one female and three male specimens from the Sterkspruit (river) in Lydenburg District, South Africa. The female is consistent with the lectotype of N. transvaalensis in that it bears a small lateral production on the subgenital plate, the only diagnostic character noted for N. transvaalensis. However, the males from the Sterkspruit are consistent with those of N. bondelaufa Sites, including in the diagnostic structure of the phallosoma and pseudostrigil of the 7 th tergum. Although the subgenital plate of female specimens from Tanzania do not bear the lateral productions of the South African specimens, this feature is subtle and differentially expressed in the known South African specimens. As such, I consider the lack of these productions in the Tanzanian specimens to represent intraspecific variation among populations. Thus, I here synonymize N. bondelaufa with N. transvaalensis. Further, the detailed description of N. bondelaufa in Sites & Mbogho (2012) serves as a redescription of N. transvaalensis (Distant).	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C015FF87FF0DFC7CFEC0F85A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA: Lydenburg District, Sterkspruit, 1.2 km SE of Lydenburg, 25.11409 º S, 30.46908 º E, 1412 m elev, 19 August 2014, H. Marais (UMC, 2 ♂); Lydenburg District, Sterkspruit, 8 km SE of Lydenburg, 25.14404 º S, 30.53465 º E, 1565 m elev, 21 August 2014, H. Marais (UMC, 1 ♂, 1 ♀). Published records. [SOUTH AFRICA]: Transvaal, Lydenburg Dist. / Transvaalensis Dist. Type / 8 I / Type H. T. / Neomacrocoris transvaalensis (Distant) Lectotype (BMNH, ♀). SOUTH AFRICA: Natal. Mtubatuba, III- 24 & 25 - 1968, Paul J. Spangler (USNM, 2 ♀). See N. bondelaufa records from Congo and Tanzania in Sites & Mbogho (2012).	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C016FF84FF0DFF4FFDE1FC60.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This recently described species is known from only five localities, three in the Usambara Mountains of northeastern Tanzania and two in southern Kenya (Sites & Mbogho 2012). One female and one 5 th instar were found among undetermined material in the BMNH. Although males generally are needed for specific determination, the subgenital plate of N. vuga is distinct and this female is large and ovate (length 12.00, width 7.68 mm), which is characteristic of the species. The label data are contradictory because the country is given as Ethiopia; however, all other label details refer by name and coordinates to a locality in Kenya, ca. 28 km northwest of Nairobi. Thus, the country is clearly mislabeled and should read Kenya rather than Ethiopia. This is the sixth record for the species, and it extends the known range further to the northwest in Kenya to involve another mountain range.	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
03B587C2C016FF84FF0DFF4FFDE1FC60.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. [KENYA]: Ethiopia, Dam Limuru, 1 º 8 ' S, 36 º 38 ' E, 18 III 1945, N. Hynes coll / Brit. Mus. 1955 – 67 (BMNH, 1 ♀, 1 – 5 th instar). Published records. KENYA: Museum Leiden, Taita Hills, Wusi; no jk 143, 29. XI. 1974, ca 850 m, J. Krikken & A. L. van Berge Henegouwen, 3 o 27 ' S – 38 o 21 ' E / rivulet in cult. area (RMNH, 1 ♂); Museum Leiden, E. le Moult, Kenya Nairobi, Ngong-Forest, Br. O, Afrika (RMNH, 1 ♂, 2 ♀). TANZANIA: Tanga Region, river from Soni to Mombo, 2 km E of Vuga Junction, 0 4 o 52.040 ' S, 38 o 20.906 ' E, 460 m, 14 August 2010, colls. R. W. Sites & A. Mbogho, grassy overhangs in rocky stream, L- 1253 (♂ holotype; 1 ♂, 2 ♀ paratypes); river from Soni to Mombo, Karense, 1 km E of Soni, 0 4 o 50.284 ' S, 38 o 22.355 ' E, 1051 m, 14 August 2010, colls. R. W. Sites & A. Mbogho, vegetated overhangs and undercuts, L- 1254 (1 ♂, 4 ♀ paratypes); W. Usambara Mts. 38 22 E, 4 44 S, 10 Aug 1996, 5100 ft, P. Cresswell, creek (CMNH, 1 ♀).	en	Sites, Robert W. (2015): A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae). Zootaxa 3964 (5): 553-560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.5.5
