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Issue: Vol. 2485 No. 1: 27 May. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-05-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2485.1.1
Page range: 1–15
Abstract views: 29
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Revision of the genus Ambracius Stål, 1860 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Clivinematini), with descriptions of three new species

Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA c/o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC-0168, P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012
Hemiptera Miridae taxonomy Deraeocorinae Clivinematini Ambracius new species distributions hosts key

Abstract

The clivinematine genus Ambracius Stål is revised and the three new species Ambracius alineae from Venezuela, A. liviae from the United States (Texas), and A. rudybuenoi from Panama are described and illustrated. The previously known species Ambracius capucinus (Reuter), A. dufouri Stål, A. mexicanus Carvalho, A. pallescens (Distant), A. rubricosus (Distant), and A. vittatus Carvalho are redescribed. A key to species is provided to aid in identification.

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