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Issue: Vol. 2888 No. 1: 24 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2888.1.2
Page range: 23–30
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 2

Taxonomic notes on Physoderinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from China

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169-0073 Japan
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Hemiptera Physoderinae Physoderes new species China new record

Abstract

Species of the small reduviid subfamily Physoderinae from China are reviewed and two species are recognized in the genus Physoderes Westwood. Physoderes esakii is formally described for Esaki’s (1931) Epirodera latithorax nom. nud. based on his unique specimen kept in the Entomological Laboratory of Kyushu University. Physoderes impexa Distant, 1903 is recorded for the first time from China with a detailed redescription. A key for these two species is also given.

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