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Published: 2016-08-24
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Review of the plant bug genus Fingulus Distant in Indochina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorini), with descriptions of two new species

Tomohide Yasunaga, Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, c/o Nameshi 2-33-2, Nagasaki 852-8061, Japan.
Kazutaka Yamada, Tokushima Prefectural Museum, Bunka-no-Mori Park, Mukôterayama, Hachiman-chô, Tokushima 770-8070, Japan.
Jomsurang Duangthisan, Insect Collection, Entomology & Zoology Group, Plant Protection Research and Development Office, Department of Agriculture, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
Taksin Artchawakom, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station (SERS), Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Thailand Institute of Scientific & Technological Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Wang Nam Khieo, Nakhon Ratchasima 30370, Thailand.
Hemiptera Heteroptera Miridae Deraeocorini Fingulus Angerianus new species Indochina

Abstract

The deraeocorine plant bug genus Fingulus Distant from Indochina is reviewed, diagnosed and discussed. Seven species are currently recognized, including two new species described herein: F. angkorensis and F. rubricatus from Cambodia and Thailand. Behavior and habitat of F. angkorensis are documented, which was observed to be associated with two anthocorids and a thrips in leaf margin curl-galls produced by the thrips on a banyan tree Ficus microcarpa. A checklist including two species of the assumed sister genus Angerianus Distant is provided, with available distributional records; images of two Angerianus species are also shown for the first time.

 

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