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species Gampsocoris africanus (Stusak, 1966)

• Distribution:
  •  Angola, Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania (Stusak, 1977a, Acta Entomol. Mus. Natl. Pragae, 39: 340; Linnavuori, 1988, Ann. Entomol. Fenn., 54: 12).
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations:
  • Stusak. 1966. Reichenbachia 6:224 >> Note: [Congo] >> Protacanthus africanus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:490308
  • Henry. 1997. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(1):54 >> Gampsocoris africanus    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:479915
  • Henry & Froeschner. 1998. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(4):19 >> Note: Stusak (1966, Reichenbachia, 6: 224) provided enough descriptive information and the type locality of his new species P. africanus to validate its name, even though his formal description (Stusak, 1967b, Parc. Natl. L'Upem., 70: 26), intended for publication before that of P. africanus cornutus Stusak (1966, Reichenbachia, 6: 224), did not appear until the following year. >> Gampsocoris africanus
• See subspecies africanus for additional information.

• subspecies africanus (Stusak, 1966)
• subspecies cornutus (Stusak, 1966)

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