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Issue: Vol. 2497 No. 1: 7 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2497.1.3
Page range: 62–66
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Notes on the genus Korinchocoris Miller (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae), with the description of a new species from Laos

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
College of Environment and Life Sciences, Kaili University, Kaili, Guizhou 556000, China
Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Hemiptera Reduviidae Reduviinae Korinchocoris new species Laos key to species

Abstract

Korinchocoris venulus Zhang, Zhao, Ishikawa & Cai, sp. nov. in the subfamily Reduviinae is described and illustrated from Laos. A modified diagnosis is given for the genus, recorded for the first time from Laos, along with a key to the six known species.

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