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Issue: Vol. 1562 No. 1: 29 Aug. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1562.1.3
Page range: 55–61
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 2

Stipesoculus, a new genus of micropterous Mezirinae  (Hemiptera: Aradidae) from China

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Zhejiang Inspection and Quarantine Technic Center, Wensan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Hemiptera Aradidae Mezirinae Stipesoculus China new genus new species

Abstract

A new micropterous aradid, Stipesoculus productus Bai, Wu & Cai, gen. & sp. nov., from China, is described. A key to related genera is given and the diagnostic morphological features of new genus are illustrated.

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