Pristicoris Miller, 1952

Castro-Huertas, Valentina & Melo, María Cecilia, 2025, Reassessment of the Saicini phylogeny and evolution of hairy attachment structures on tarsi (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203 (1), pp. 1-20 : 14-15

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae171
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14826072
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Type species: Pristicoris bellicosus Miller, 1952 . Monotypic.

Diagnosis: Clypeus with a short median tubercle; postocular region globose, longer than anteocular region; spiniform setae on ventral margin of mandibular plates and postocular region; gular region with a pair of spiniform setae; first visible labial segment longer than second segment, with a pair of spiniform setae ventrally; second visible labial segment moderately wider medially; third visible labial segment as long as second segment; anterior pronotal lobe nearly quadrangular; humeral angles spined; anterodorsal and ventral margins of proepisternal supracoxal lobe with spiniform setae; meso- and metanotum spined; posterior margin of scutellum entire; procoxae with simple and spiniform intermixed setae; and dorsolateral surface of protibiae with more than three spiniform setae.

Examined material: Pristicoris armatus (Villiers, 1950) : two females, N. NIGERIA: Nr. Kafanchan, Kagoro Forest , 14.x.1979, J. Deeming. ( MNHN).