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Issue: Vol. 1581 No. 1: 12 Sep. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1581.1.3
Page range: 45–52
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription, new records and host plant for Sysinas centralis Distant, (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)

Museu de Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000. Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Museu Nacional. Departamento de Entomologia. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 20.940-040. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Hemiptera Taxonomy Miridae Sysinas Neotropical

Abstract

The Neotropical bryocorine plant bug, Sysinas centralis Distant, is reported for the first time in Central America, based in one male specimen collected in Guatemala. Additional new records include Cuba, Jamaica, and Brazil. A redescription of adults, figures of habitus, male and female genitalia, color pattern variations, geographic distribution, and a new host plant are provided. Diagnostic characters are provided to distinguish this species from others in the same genus.

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