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Issue: Vol. 2913 No. 1: 10 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2913.1.2
Page range: 16–26
Abstract views: 32
PDF downloaded: 3

First female and new species of Phaenicocleus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae) from Sabah and a key to genera of Enicocephalidae without forewing basal cell

Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29a, Brno, CZ-627 00, Czech Republic
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Science, Department of Zoology, Viničná 7, CZ-128 44 Praha 2, Czech Republic
Hemiptera Insecta Heteroptera Enicocephalidae taxonomy Malaysia Sabah generic key

Abstract

A new species of Enicocephalidae: Enicocephalinae, Phaenicocleus granulosus sp. n. (based on a female), is described from Sabah and compared with the other three species of the genus (based on males). Autapomorphies of the genus (particularly reduced armature of fore tibia and tarsus, interrupted posterior claval vein AA3+4, striking occurrence of large setigerous tubercles the latter shared with Australian Usingeriella) are stressed and partly discussed. A new key to genera of Enicocephalidae with forewing basal cell absent and closed discal cell present is provided.

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