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Issue: Vol. 2347 No. 1: 29 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2347.1.4
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the assassin bug subfamily Centrocnemidinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new species

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, No. 18 Hoang Quoc Viet. Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Hemiptera Centrocnemidinae Centrocnemis new species taxonomy Vietnam

Abstract

The reduviid subfamily Centrocnemidinae is reported from Vietnam for the first time, with a new species, Centrocnemis schaeferi Truong, Li & Cai. The new species is distinguished from other members of the genus Centrocnemis by the black spots and confluent suffusions on the posterior pronotal lobe, the rostrum and the membrane of forewings, and whitish tubercles on the apical and basal potions of the corium.

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