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Issue: Vol. 3316 No. 1: 17 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3316.1.6
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 23
PDF downloaded: 1

Australodindymus nigroruber gen. et sp. nov. from Western Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Hviezdoslavova 29a, CZ-627 00 Brno – Slatina, Czech Republic
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Agriculture, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Hemiptera Heteroptera Pyrrhocoridae taxonomy new genus new species nymph Australia

Abstract

A new genus and species, Australodindymus nigroruber gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Pilbara region of WesternAustralia based on male, female and 5th instar nymph. This endemic genus is related to the cosmopolitan genus, DindymusStål, 1861, but differs markedly in structure of both male and female genitalia, and is the first member of the Pyrrhocoridae recorded from Western Australia.

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