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Issue: Vol. 901 No. 1: 14 Mar. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.901.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 2

Dushinckanus mesopotamicus, a new species of Myodochini from Argentina (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae)

División Entomología, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata, UNLP, Paseo del Bosque s/nº, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
División Entomología, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de La Plata, UNLP, Paseo del Bosque s/nº, 1900 La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hemiptera Rhyparochromidae Myodochini Dushinckanus mesopotamicus new species Argentina

Abstract

Dushinckanus mesopotamicus, a new myrmecomorphic species from Argentina, is described. The male genitalia are described and illustrated and the phylogenetic relationships of the genus are discussed.

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