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Issue: Vol. 4121 No. 5: 13 Jun. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-06-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.5.1
Page range: 501–516
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of the water strider genus Rhyacobates Esaki, 1923 (Hemiptera: Gerridae) from Vietnam

Tran Anh Duc & Nguyen Xuan Quynh, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science (Vietnam National University, Hanoi), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tran Anh Duc & Nguyen Xuan Quynh, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Science (Vietnam National University, Hanoi), 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hemiptera Gerridae Rhyacobates new species Vietnam

Abstract

Three new species: Rhyacobates zetteli sp.n., R. angustus sp.n., and R. constrictus sp.n., all from mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, are described. With these new taxa, a total of six species of Rhyacobates has been recorded from       Vietnam. A key to species of Rhyacobates occurring in Vietnam is provided.

 

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