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Published: 2010-06-21
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The genus Lelia Walker, 1876, with the Description of One New Species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae)

Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Hemiptera Heteroptera Pentatomidae Lelia new species genitalia

Abstract

Three species in Lelia Walker, 1876 are reviewed. One of them, Lelia concavaemargo, from Guangxi Province in China, is described here as new to science. Genital illustrations and photographs of both dorsal and ventral habitus are given, and a key to this genus is provided. Type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

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