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Issue: Vol. 2996 No. 1: 16 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2996.1.2
Page range: 33–48
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

Three new species of Tagalis Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) from Brazil HÉLCIO R. GIL-SANTANA (Brazil)

Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hemiptera Tagalis baenai sp. nov. Tagalis grossii sp. nov. Tagalis marquesi sp. nov. Tagalis inornata inornata Stål

Abstract

Tagalis baenai sp. nov., T. grossii sp. nov. and T. marquesi sp. nov. from Brazil are described. Morphological variations and male genitalia of Tagalis inornata inornata Stål, 1860, are described. A revised key to the species of Tagalis Stål, 1860, is presented.

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