taxonID	type	description	language	source
207E9D09FFC3795EFF289451FC0AFD50.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 a – d)	en	Roca-Cusachs, Marcos, Kment, Petr (2022): Joppeicus paradoxus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Joppeicidae): a new alien species in the European Union? Zootaxa 5195 (3): 256-266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.3.4
207E9D09FFC3795EFF289451FC0AFD50.taxon	materials_examined	Type material examined. Syntypes: ♀, ‘ Syrie / Jaffa [hw] // ♀ [p] // HOLOTYPE? [p, red label] ’ (MNHN: Collection Puton). This syntype is mounted on micropin through its pronotum, right foreleg and left hind leg missing, left hemelytron partly outstretched. — 1 ♀, ‘ Jaffa [hw] // ♀ [p] ’ (MNHN: Collection Puton). The specimen is glued on small piece of card with black transversal stripe subbasally. — 1 ♀, ‘ ♀ [p] ’ (MNHN: Collection Puton). The specimen is glued on identical piece of card as the preceding one but bearing no locality label. All the specimens are provided with the additional label: ‘ SYNTYPUS / JOPPEICUS / PARADOXUS / Puton, 1881 / labelled: P. Kment 2022 ’ [p, red label]. Additional material examined. CANARY ISLANDS: Fuerteventura: Morro Jable, 28 ° 2 ′ 53.902 ″ N 14 ° 20 ′ 22.822 ″ W, 25. i. 2019, 1 ♀, F. Šťáhlavský lgt., I. Čepička det., P. Kment revid. [Figs. 1 a, b] (NMPC). Collection circumstances: A single specimen was sifted from accumulation of leaf litter found under planted trees along the fence of a hotel complex (F. Šťáhlavský, pers. comm.). EGYPT: Alexandria Governorate: Alexandria, 3406, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Collection E. de Bergevin (MZHF); Alexandria, 3408, 1 ♀, Collection E. de Bergevin (MZHF); Egypte, 3406, 1 ♂ 4 ♀, Collection E. de Bergevin (MNHN: 1 ♂ 1 ♀ in Collection Générale; 3 ♀ in Collection Bergevin, pinned under handwritten label ‘ Joppeicus paradoxus Alexandria’); 4034, 1 spec., Collection E. de Bergevin (MNHN: Collection Générale). Cairo Governorate: Caïro, no date, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, J. Sahlb [erg lgt.] (1 ♀ in MZHF; 1 ♂, R. Linnavuori det. in NMPC); Caïro, no date, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, U. Sahlb [erg lgt.] (MZHF); Heliopolis, no date, 1 ♀, U. Sahlb [erg lgt.], O. M. Reuter det. (MZHF); Helwan, in nest of Gerbillus, 18. iii. [19] 30, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Min. Agric. (Egypt), Coll. Farag, Coll. Lindberg (MZHF). Giza Governorate: Giza, sandstone cave, 8. vii. 1966, 2 ♂ 4 ♀, P. Štys lgt. & det. (PSPC → MMBC; published by Štys 1971). Qena Governorate: Egypt sup., Deschena [? = Dishna, N of Luxor], no date, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, J. Sahlb [erg lgt.] (MZHF). SUDAN: Al Jazirah Province: Gezira, Dolga (258), 8. ii. 1966, 1 ♀ 1 larva 1 exuvia, P. Štys lgt. & det. (PSPC → MMBC; published by Štys 1971). Khartoum Province: Khartoum (4), [among fallen leaves at foot of Ficus senegalensis tree, 2. – 7.] ix. 1965, 1 ♀, P. Štys lgt. & det. (PSPC → MMBC; published by Štys 1971); Shambat (337), [University Farm, field margin, under prostrate plants of Portulacca quadrifida among numerous specimens of Piesmatidae], 12. viii. 1966, 1 ♀, P. Štys lgt. & det. (PSPC → MMBC; published by Štys 1971). YEMEN: Socotra Island: Deiqub cave, cave and surrounding shrubland of Croton socotranus and Jatropha unicostata, 12 ° 23.1 ′ N 54 ° 00.9 ′ E, 115 m a. s. l., 12. vi. 2012, 1 ♀, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart lgt., P. Kment det., P. Štys revid. [Fig. 1 c] (NMPC). Collection circumstances: Deiqub cave is situated at the southern foothills of a mountain range, facing Arabian Sea in the south; the area has semidesert character. Arthropods were searched individually in their shelters as well as by sifting litter inside and outside the cave, as well as by sweeping and beating the surrounding shrubs and herbaceous vegetation. The cave is rather distant from nearest settlements, but it is occasionally used for picnics by the local people.	en	Roca-Cusachs, Marcos, Kment, Petr (2022): Joppeicus paradoxus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Joppeicidae): a new alien species in the European Union? Zootaxa 5195 (3): 256-266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.3.4
207E9D09FFC3795EFF289451FC0AFD50.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Table 1, Fig. 2). Canary Islands: Fuerteventura (new record); Egypt (Bergroth 1898, Bergevin 1912, Davis & Usinger 1970, Štys 1971, Abdel Rahman et al. 1981); Ethiopia (Štys 1971); Sudan (Wagner 1963, Štys 1971); Yemen: Socotra (new record); Israel (Puton 1881, Linnavuori 1961); Thailand (Nakakita 1999, no exact record; Miyanoshita et al. 2003; Morimoto et al. 2007; Ishijima et al. 2014).	en	Roca-Cusachs, Marcos, Kment, Petr (2022): Joppeicus paradoxus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Joppeicidae): a new alien species in the European Union? Zootaxa 5195 (3): 256-266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.3.4
