Petr Kment National Museum

Petr Kment
National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic

I am currently a curator of the Hemiptera collection in the Department of Entomology, National Museum in Prague, and a postgraduate student in the Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague. I am broadly interested in the faunistics of the Heteroptera of the Western and Central Palaearctic region, and the taxonomy, morphology, and zoogeography of the Tessaratomidae, Pentatomidae and Acanthosomatidae in the world-wide scale.

Contact Information:
Department of Entomology
National Museum
Kunratice 1
CZ-148 00 Praha
Czech Republic

sigara@post.cz

Current Projects:

1) Comparative morphology of external structures associated with metathoracic scent glands in Pentatomoidea (PhD. Thesis)
2) Revision of Mustha (Pentatomidae: Halyini)
3) Checklist of the Heteroptera of the Czech Republic
4) Cataloguing of the Heteroptera collection of National Museum

Publications:

Bryja, J. and P. Kment. 2001. The present state of knowledge of the true bugs (Heteroptera) in the protected landscape Area of Poodří (Czech Republic). Klapalekiana 37: 1-36.

Kment, P. and J. Bryja. 2001. New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Klapalekiana 37: 231-248.

Bryja, J., P. Kment, and K. Hradil. 2002. Ploštice (Heteroptera) rokytenských slepenců. (True bugs (Heteroptera) at conglomerates in the valley of Rokytná river). Přírodovědný sborník Západomoravského muzea v Třebíči 40: 33-60. [in Czech, English summary].

Kment, P., J. Bryja, K. Hradil, Z. Jindra, and P. Baňař. 2003. New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia II. Klapalekiana 39: 257-306.

Kment, P. and J. Davidová-Vilímová. 2004. The external structures associated with the metapleural scent glands in the family Tessaratomidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea). Pp. 45-46, in: Kerzhner, I. M. (ed.): Third European Hemiptera Congress, 8-11 June, 2004, St. Petersburg, Russia. Abstracts, 87 pp.

Kment, P. 2005. Revision of the genus Mahea Distant, 1909 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), with review of the Acanthosomatidae of Madagascar and Seychelles. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45: 21-50.

Kment, P. 2005. Nové druhy ploštic (Heteroptera) pro faunu České republiky ze sbírky Otokara Kubíka. (New species of true bugs (Heteroptera) for the Czech Republic from the collection of Otokar Kubík). Práce Muzea v Kolíně, Řada Přírodovědná 6[2004]: 81-86. [in Czech, English summary]

Kment, P. and J. Batelka. 2005. Contribution to the faunistics of the true bugs (Heteroptera) of Tunisia. Klapalekiana 41: 53-62.

Kment, P., J. Bryja, K. Hradil, and Z. Jindra. 2005. New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia III. Klapalekiana 41: 157-213.

Kment, P. and Z. Jindra. 2005. New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from Turkey, southeastern Europe, Near and Middle East. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45: 3-16.

Kment, P. 2006. Psammotisia nom. nov., a new replacement name for Tisia Hoberlandt, 1993 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Sciocorini). Klapalekiana 42: 95-96.

Bryja, J. and P. Kment. 2007. True bugs (Heteroptera) of the Bukovské vrchy Hills (Poloniny National Park, Slovakia). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae 92: 1-51.

Kment, P. 2007. Noualhieridia guentheri sp. nov., a new species of Acanthosomatidae (Heteroptera) from Madagascar. Mainzer Naturwissenschaftliches Archiv, Beiheft 31: 181-185.

Hradil, K., P. Kment, J. Bryja, M. Roháčová, P. BaZar, and K. Ďurčová. 2008. New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia IV. Klapalekiana 44: 165-206. [computer copy]

Kment, P. 2008. A revision of the endemic Madagascan genus Triplatyx (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 543-582. [PDF]

Kment, P. 2008. First record of Peribyssus scutellaris from Libya (Heteroptera: Cydnidae). Zoosystematica Rossica 17(2):108. [pdf]

Kment, P. and Z. Jindra. 2008. New records of Eurydema fieberi from the Czech Republic with corrections to some previously published records of Palaearctic Eurydema species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae 93: 11-27.

Kment, P., K. Hradil, and Z. Jindra. 2009. The distribution of Pinthaeus sanguinipes in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae 94:43-55.

Kment, P. and Z. Jindra. 2009. A revision of Tripanda and Tenerva (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae). Zootaxa 1978: 1-47.

Kment, P. and J. Vilímová. 2010. Thoracic scent efferent system of the Tessaratomidae sensu lato (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) with implication to the phylogeny of the family. Zootaxa 2363:1-59.

Votýpka, J., D. A. Maslov, V. Yurchenko, M. Jirků, P. Kment, Z-r. Lun, and J. Lukeš. 2010. Probing into the diversity of trypanosomatid flagellates parasitizing insect hosts in South-West China reveals both endemism and global dispersal. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 243-253.

Wyniger, D. and P. Kment. 2010. Key for the separation of Halyomorpha halys (Stål) from similar-appearing pentatomids (Insecta: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) occurring in Central Europe, with new Swiss records. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 83:261-270.

Kment, P. 2011. Triplatyx ribesi sp. nov., a new species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Madagascar. Heteropterus Revista de Entomología 11(2): 279-286.

Kment, P. 2012. Redescription of the Madagascan endemic genus Anoano with a new synonymy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(2): 371-382.

Votýpka, J., H. Klepetková, M. Jirků, P. Kment, and J. Lukes. 2012. Phylogenetic relationships of trypanosomatids parasitising true bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera) in sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal for Parasitology 42: 489-500.

Kment, P. 2013. Carduelicoris stehliki, a new genus and species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Madagascar. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae 98(2): 415-432.

Kment, P., K. Hradil, P. Baňař, O. Balvín, J. Cunev, T. Ditrich, Z. Jindra, M. Roháčová, M. Straka, and J. Sychra. 2013. New and interesting records of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia V. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae 98(2): 495-541.

Kment, P., Z. Jindra, and D. A. Rider. 2014. New synonymies and new records of Afrotropical and Madagascan Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 3866(3): 371-397.

Kment, P. 2015. Two new genera of Madagascan Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55(2): 591-624.

Kment, P. and D. A. Rider. 2015. On the synonymy of Dymantis Stål, 1861 and Eomyrochea Linnavuori, 1982 and resulting nomenclatural changes (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Zootaxa 4058(2): 278-286.

Rider, D. A. and P. Kment. 2015. On the correct name of Coptosoma pygmaeum Jensen-Haarup, 1926 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 117(1): 68-69.

Tsai, J-f., D. Rédei, B. Aukema, A. Carapezza, M. A. Carvajal, E. I. Faúndez, S. Jung, E. Kanyukova, P. Kment, S-I. Kudo, G-q. Liu, D. A. Rider, J. Vilímová, N. N. Vinokurov, X-j. Wang, and A. Yamamoto. 2015. Case 3684. Elasmostethus dorsalis Jakovlev, 1876 (currently Elasmucha dorsalis; Insecta, Heteroptera): proposed precedence over Acanthosoma vicinum Uhler, 1861 (currently Elasmucha vicina). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 72(2):115-120. [pdf]

Kment, P. 2016. Erratum - Two new genera of Madagascan Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56(1): 60.

Kment, P. and T. de A. Garbelotto. 2016. Discimita linnavuorii, a new genus and species of afrotropical Pentatominae resembling Neotropical Discocephalinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Entomologica Americana 122(1-2):199-211. [pdf]

Kment, P. and D. A. Rider. 2017. Agonoscelis puberula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Cuba – the oldest record of an alien species in the New World. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series 186: 93-101.

Kment, P. and M. Březíková. 2018. First record of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in the Czech Republic. Klapalekiana 54: 221-232.

Kment, P., J. E. Eger, Jr., and D. A. Rider. 2018. Review of the Neotropical genus Rhyncholepta with descriptions of three new species-group taxa (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Pentatomidae). ZooKeys 796: 347-395.

Kment, P. and D. Rédei. 2018. A revision of the types of Heteroptera species described by Géza Horváth based on specimens from collections of Ladislav Duda and Emil Holub. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58(1): 275-295.

Rider, D. A., C. F. Schwertner, J. Vilímová, D. Rédei, P. Kment, and D. B. Thomas. 2018. Higher Systematics of the Pentatomoidea. Pp. 25-201, in: McPherson, J. E. (ed.), Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea): Biology, Higher Systematics, Semiochemistry, and Management. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, London, New York, 819 pp.

Votýpka, J., P. Kment, E. Kriegová, M. J. A. Vermeij, P. J. Keeling, V. Yurchenko, and J. Lukeš. 2018. High prevalence and endemism of trypanosomatids on a small Caribbean Island. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 2018: 1-8.

Wu, Y-Z., D. Rédei, J. Eger, Jr., Y-H. Wang, H-Y. Wu, A. Carapezza, P. Kment, B. Cai, X-Y. Sun, P-L. Guo, J-Y. Luo, and Q. Xie. 2018. Phylogeny and the colourful history of jewel bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Cladistics 34: 502-516.

Kment, P. and R. Vlk. 2019. First record of the alien southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in the Czech Republic. Klapalekiana 55: 207-211.

Votýpka, J., P. Kment, V. Yurchenko, and J. Lukeš. 2020. Endangered monoxenous trypanosomatid parasites: a lesson from island biogeography. Biodiversity and Conservation 29: 3635-3667.

Kment, P., S. Salini, and Z. Ahmed. 2021. Halyomorpha picus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): first confirmed record from Pakistan and two new junior synonyms. Zootaxa 5060(3): 429-438.

Kment, P., S. Salini, D. Rédei, and D. Rider. 2021. Halyomorpha halys fixed as the type species of the genus Halyomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61(2): 615-630.

Kment, P., R. Vrbíček, and J. Raška. 2021. Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): confirmed occurrence in the Czech Republic. Heteroptera Poloniae – Acta Faunistica 15: 27-28.

Salini, S. and P. Kment. 2021. The genera Agathocles and Surenus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): tribal areassessment, redescription, new synonyms, and description of two new species. Zootaxa 4958(1): 510-559.

Hemala, V. and P. Kment. 2023. First record of Acrosternum heegeri (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Slovakia. Klapalekiana 59: 59-63.

Kment, P., M. Lavay, Š. Zeman, and T. Yasunaga. 2023. Erthesina fullo (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): Old and new stories of an invasive stink bug. Zootaxa 5325(2): 207-222.

Salini, S., P. Kment, and G. Cassis. 2023. Rehabilitation of Mormoschema (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae): Generic status restituted and tribal placement revised. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63(2): 397-412.

Kment, P., S. Salini, A. Carapezza, and D. A. Rider. 2024. Corrections to some recently published papers on Heteroptera (Hemiptera). Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society 1(4): 198-215.

Nicolas, V., A. Carapezza, D. A. Rider, and P. Kment. 2024. New records, diagnostics and preliminary checklist of the superfamily Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Comoro Islands. Zootaxa 5481(1): 1-29.

Roca-Cusachs, M., D. A. Rider, P. Kment, and S. Jung. 2024. Revision of Vitruvius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) with the description of a new species from Cambodia and Thailand. Zootaxa 5486(3): 419-434.

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