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Issue: Vol. 1507 No. 1: 14 Jun. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1507.1.2
Page range: 57–67
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 4

A taxonomic review of genus Scipinia Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae:  Harpactorinae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, Guangxi Province, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
College of Life Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, Guangxi Province, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Hemiptera Reduviidae Harpactorinae Scipinia new species key China

Abstract

The Chinese species of the reduviid genus Scipinia (subfamily Harpactorinae) are reviewed, keyed, and illustrated. Three species of this genus are recognized from China. Scipinia rotunda is described as new to science. Diagnostic redescriptions of the two known species, S. horrida Stål and S. subula Hsiao & Ren, are provided. The diagnostic characters of the genus are slightly modified.

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