A new micropterous species of Physoderes from Fiji Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae)

LEONIDAS ROMANOS DAVRANOGLOU

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3838.2.8

Issue: Vol. 3838 No. 2: 17 Jul. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-07-17

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.2.8

Page range: 233–241

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**A new micropterous species of Physoderes from Fiji Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae)**

LEONIDAS ROMANOS DAVRANOGLOU⁺⁻

Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.

Hemiptera Physoderes manni neoteny wing reduction microptery

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Abstract

Physoderes manni sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae) is described from Viti Levu, Fiji and represents the first record of microptery in the subfamily. The relationship of Ph.manni sp. nov. with its congeners, as well as the evolutionary and ecological significance of the micropterous wing condition are discussed.