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Issue: Vol. 2197 No. 1: 13 Aug. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-08-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2197.1.2
Page range: 20–30
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A new species of Paratagalis Monte from Brazil with taxonomical notes and a key to New World genera of Saicinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae)

Laboratório de Diptera, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil
Departamento de Entomologia; Museu Nacional da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Hemiptera Paratagalis zikani sp. nov. sexual dimorphism variation

Abstract

Paratagalis zikani sp. nov. from Brazil is described. A revised diagnosis of Paratagalis Monte, 1943, is provided. Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism of Paratagalis spinosus Monte, 1943, are described for the first time. A key to the Saicinae genera of the New World is provided.

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