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Issue: Vol. 3409 No. 1: 6 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3409.1.4
Page range: 58–62
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 3

A new genus of Antiliocorini from Baja California, Mexico (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae)

Instituto de Ecologia, A.C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec # 351 CP 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Instituto de Biologia, UNAM. Apartado Postal 70153 CP. 04510 México, D.F
Hemiptera Cabo Pulmo endemic Ficus palmeri seeds Pulmomerus levatus gen. nov. sp. nov.

Abstract

A new genus of Antillocorini, Pulmomerus, and a new species Pulmomerus levatus from Baja California Sur aredescribed. This species with reduced hemelytra is characterized by the presence of spines on the fore femora, the veryelevated connexiva, the absence of metathoracic wings, and a peculiar and unique spermatheca. Specimens were foundunder leaf litter of Ficus palmeri, which represents another record of Rhyparochromidae associated with figs in Mexico, and a probably endemic species from Cabo Pulmo National Park.

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