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Issue: Vol. 3023 No. 1: 12 Sep. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3023.1.2
Page range: 43–50
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 3

New Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from the Oriental Region, with some notes on the genera Alcecoris and Sophianus

Silesian University, Department of Zoology 40-Katowice, Bankowa 9, Poland
Paleontological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya Str. 123, 117997 Moscow, Russia
Hemiptera Heteroptera Isometopinae Alcecoris Sophianus new species Thailand

Abstract

A new isometopine species of the genus Alcecoris McAtee & Malloch, 1924 (A. heissi sp. nov.) is described from Thailand. A check-list of the known species of Alcecoris is presented.

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