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Issue: Vol. 2517 No. 1: 24 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2517.1.7
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of a new species of genus Epidaus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with a key to Chinese species

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
College of Environment and Life Sciences, Kaili University, Kaili, Guizhou 556000, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Hemiptera Epidaus taxonomy China new species Reduviidae key distribution

Abstract

Epidaus insularis Zhang, Zhao, Cao & Cai, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Hainan Province, China. A key to all eight Chinese species, including the new one, of the genus Epidaus Stål is provided.

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