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Published: 2007-04-23
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A new genus and a new species of the tribe Mithymnini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae) from Namibia, with  sternal sensory pits in the adult

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia.
National Museum of Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, UK.
Hemiptera Fulgoromorpha Nogodinidae morphology trichobothria

Abstract

A new genus and a new species of the tribe Mithymnini – Fovealvus nama sp. nov. is described from Namibia. Fovealvus gen. nov. differs from all other genera of the tribe due to the presence of large sensory pits on VI and VII abdominal sternites in the adult.

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