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Issue: Vol. 950 No. 1: 22 Apr. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-04-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.950.1.1
Page range: 1–4
Abstract views: 30
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Synonymy of Harpinoderes cicheroi Martínez & Carcavallo, 1989 with Aradomorpha crassipes Champion, 1899 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

Department of Entomology, Comstock Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
American Museum of Natural History, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024, USA
Hemiptera Reduviinae Physoderinae Neotropical region taxonomy

Abstract

Harpinoderes cicheroi Martínez & Carcavallo (Physoderinae) is here synonymyzed with Aradomorpha crassipes Champion (Reduviinae) based on similarity of morphological characters as the short antennae, elongated maxillary plates, wing venation, and hemelytral and connexival coloration.

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