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Published: 2007-01-11
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New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Brazil  

Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Brasil 4365, Rio de Janeiro, 21045-900, Brazil.
Hemiptera Neotropical Ectrichodiinae Harpactorinae Reduviinae Saicinae Stenopodainae new records

Abstract

New occurrences of Reduviidae from Brazil are recorded for the first time: Ectrichodiinae: Borgmeierina dentata  Wygodzinsky, Parapothea jaguaris Carpintero (new genera records); Harpactorinae: Aristathlus imperatorius Bergroth,  Aristathlus regalis Bergroth (new genus record), Notocyrtus foveatus Stål, Orbella tricolor Maldonado, Sosius foliaceus  Champion; Reduviinae: Zelurus salyavatoides Lent & Wygodzinsky; Saicinae: Tagalis seminigra Champion; Stenopodainae:  Achillas toulgoeti Bérenger (new genus record).  

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