Pseudocetherinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) revisited: phylogeny and taxonomy of the lobe-headed bugs

The concept of the previously monogeneric subfamily Pseudocetherinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) is revised and expanded. We here transfer Gerbelius Distant, 1903, Kayanocoris Miller, 1954, Microvarus Jeannel, 1917, Paragerbelius 1958, Voconia Stål, 1866 from Reduviinae to treat Kayanocoris, Microvarus, Paragerbelius, Pseudocethera Villiers, 1963 as junior synonyms Voconia, resulting in new combinations for conradti (Jeannel, 1917) comb. nov., V. ifana (Villiers, 1963) monodi motoensis (Schouteden, 1929) ornata (Distant, 1903) schoutedeni 1964) typica (Miller, 1958) wegneri 1954) nov. also describe 23 species Voconia: bakeri sp. bracata brachycephala chrysoptera coronata decorata dolichocephala fasciata grandioculata hemera isosceles laosensis lasiosoma lirophleps loki mexicana minima nyx smithae tridens trinidadensis tuberculata vittata Lectotypes are designated confluens G. typicus pallidipes 1866. A diagnosis description provided along with photographs male genitalia 13 pseudocetherine five closely related reduviine species. An identification key two genera well a presented. phylogenetic hypothesis proposed relationships using parsimony analyses 77 morphological characters.