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Issue: Vol. 1821 No. 1: 11 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1821.1.3
Page range: 25–36
Abstract views: 35
PDF downloaded: 5

Revision of the genus Poriptus Stal (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae)

Museu de Ciências Naturais, Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Dr. Salvador França, 1427, 90.690-000, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Prédio 43.435, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. CNPq Fellowship
Hemiptera Carpocorini genitalia Neotropics new species taxonomy

Abstract

The neotropical genus Poriptus Stål, 1861 is revised, based upon morphological characters. Poriptus tobago sp. nov. is described from the Caribbean. Illustrations and a key to species are provided.

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