https://www.mapress.com/jihs/issue/feed Journal of the International Heteropterists' Society 2025-07-31T14:50:22+12:00 Thomas Henry thomas.henry@usda.gov Open Journal Systems <p>The <strong>Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society (JHIS) </strong>publishes manuscripts of high scientific quality on heteropteran systematics, taxonomy, morphology, biodiversity, biogeography, natural history, and conservation biology.</p> https://www.mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.3.1 <strong><em>Dimifaia secunda</em>, a New Species of Mezirinae from Papua New Guinea (Hemiptera: Aradidae)</strong> 2025-06-04T21:42:46+12:00 ERNST HEISS aradus36@gmail.com ANDREAS ECKELT a.eckelt@tiroler-landesmuseen.at <p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">The fauna of Aradidae or flat bugs of New Guinea Island is still insufficiently explored and studied. Of the largest subfamily of tropical Aradidae, 26 genera are recorded to date from New Guinea Island. Recent examination of macropterous Mezirinae from Papua proved that there is another species belonging to the monotypic genus </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Dimifaia </em></span><span lang="en-GB">Kormilev, 1971. This species is described and figured herein as </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>Dimifaia secunda</strong></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> new species.</strong></span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2025-07-31T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press limited https://www.mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.3.2 <strong>Extant or Extinct? A New <em>Allelocoris</em> Species Based on a Specimen Collected in 1899 (Heteroptera: Aradidae)</strong> 2025-04-08T23:43:09+12:00 TAMÁS VÁSÁRHELYI tvasarhelyi@gmail.com <p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><strong>An apterous Mezirinae, </strong></span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>Allelocoris ursulae</strong></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> new species</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> is described from Petrópolis, Brazil. The area where this new species was collected, previously considered a stable biotope favorable for apterous aradid species, has suffered extensive deforestation and repeated mudslides. The species or its local population with unknown, but presumably limited distributional range, may even have become extinct. This concern is supported by the fact that no additional specimens have been collected in more than 125 years.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2025-07-31T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press limited https://www.mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.3.3 <strong>Taxonomic Review of the Plant Bug Tribe Bryocorini in Japan, with Additional New Species of <em>Monalocoris</em> from Taiwan and <em>Michailocoris </em>from Ryukyu Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae)</strong> 2025-03-17T12:03:10+13:00 TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA yasunagat.amnh@gmail.com <p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><strong>Japanese fauna of the plant bug tribe Bryocorini is updated, with descriptions of three new species, </strong></span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>Bryocoris ezomonticola</strong></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> new species</strong></span><span lang="en-GB">, </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>Cobalorrhynchus nihonicus</strong></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> new species,</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>Monalocoris siranui</strong></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> new species. </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">In addition, the male of </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Monalocoris amamianus</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Yasunaga is described for the first time, and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>Monalocoris tsaiorum</strong></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> new species</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> (from Nantou, Taiwan) and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>Michailocoris haregi</strong></em></span><span lang="en-GB"><strong> new species </strong></span><span lang="en-GB">(Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini) are also described. A key is provided to facilitate identification of Japanese bryocorine taxa.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2025-07-31T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press limited https://www.mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.3.4 <strong>Taxonomic Revision of the Genus <em>Phymacysta</em> Monte, with the Description of Three New Species from Ecuador, Panama, and Peru (Heteroptera: Tingidae)</strong> 2025-04-23T08:24:08+12:00 ALEXANDER H. KNUDSON alexander.knudson@usda.gov <p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><strong>The genus </strong></span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Phymacysta</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Monte is revised and three new species are described: </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>P. ecuadorensis</strong></em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>new species</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> from Ecuador, </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>P. paragatun</strong></em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>new species</strong></span><span lang="en-GB"> from Panama, and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>P.</strong></em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><em><strong>peruana</strong></em></span> <span lang="en-GB"><strong>new species</strong></span> <span lang="en-GB">from Peru. Herein, all extant species are diagnosed, a new key for species identification is provided, and lectotypes are designated for </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Leptostyla tumida</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Champion and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Leptostyla vesiculosa</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> Champion. </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Phymacysta tumida</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Champion) is reported from Costa Rica, and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Forestiera phillyreoides</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> (Benth.) Torr., and </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>P. vesiculosa </em></span><span lang="en-GB">(Champion) is reported from Colombia, Costa Rica, and Verbenaceae for the first time.</span></span></span></span></p> <p> </p> 2025-07-31T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press limited https://www.mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.3.5 <strong>In Memory of Merrill Henry Sweet, II (1935–2024): Biography, List of Publications, Described Taxa, and Patronyms</strong> 2025-06-09T07:23:38+12:00 THOMAS J. HENRY henryt@si.edu C. SCOTT BUNDY cbundy@nmsu.edu <p align="left"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="en-GB">Merrill Henry Sweet, II, was born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, on 5 September 1935 and passed away on 19 August 2024 in El Paso, Texas, just before his 89</span><sup><span lang="en-GB">th</span></sup><span lang="en-GB"> birthday...</span></span></span></span></p> 2025-07-31T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press limited https://www.mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.3.6 <strong><em>Pohnpeia</em>, a Replacement Name Proposed for the Preoccupied Generic Name, <em>Ponapea</em> Ruckes, 1963 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae)</strong> 2025-07-18T23:49:13+12:00 DAVID A. RIDER david.rider@ndsu.edu CARL C. CHRISTENSEN carlcc@hawaii.rr.com <p align="justify"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Ruckes (1963), in his monograph of the Pentatomoidea (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Micronesia, described </span><span lang="en-GB"><em>Ponapea arachnoides</em></span><span lang="en-GB"> as a new genus and species of Asopinae (Pentatomidae) from the Island of Ponape in the Caroline Islands...</span></span></span></span></p> 2025-07-31T00:00:00+12:00 Copyright (c) 2025 Magnolia press limited