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Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-29
Page range: 222–230
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Two new species and three new records of the genus Aphelocheirus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae) from China

Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Hemiptera Aphelocheiridae new species new records China

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Aphelocheirus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae), A. longlingensis sp. nov. from Yunnan and A. motuoensis sp. nov. from Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region are described in this paper. A. similaris Polhemus & Polhemus, 1989, A. nawae Nawa, 1905 and A. tuberculipes Zettel & Tran, 2009 are reported from China for the first time. A key to Chinese species of Aphelocheirus is given. Dorsal habitus photographs of the species are provided, accompanied by illustrations of male genitalic structures, inner projection and female ventral aspect of posterior abdominal segments.