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Issue: Vol. 2937 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2937.1.3
Page range: 37–48
Abstract views: 41
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Aposthonia Krauss, 1911 (Embioptera: Oligotomidae) from Thailand, with description of a new species

Biological Science Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
Embioptera Aposthonia Oligotomidae Thailand

Abstract

Three embiid species of the genus Aposthonia Krauss (Oligotomidae) are recognized from Thailand (Aposthonia borneensis, A. ceylonica, A. problita sp. n.) and the new species is described. The distribution of the three species in Thailand is shown and keys to the males of 25 species of this genus and to females found in Thailand are provided.

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