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Issue: Vol. 3936 No. 4: 23 Mar. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.6
Page range: 567–574
Abstract views: 24
PDF downloaded: 2

Cosmosycanus perelegans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), a new record from China, with report of its female genitalia

College of Environment and Life Sciences, Kaili University, Kaili, Guizhou 556000, China
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, No.130 Jinzhu West Road, Lhasa, Tibet 850032, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Reduviidae Harpactorinae taxonomy China new record genitalia polymorphism

Abstract

The oriental genus Cosmosycanus Ishikawa & Tomokuni, 2004 and the species Cosmosycanus perelegans (Breddin, 1903) are newly  recorded from China. Cosmosycanus perelegans is redescribed and  illustrated. The female genitalia is reported for the first time. The variations of colour patterns and male genital structures among Chinese and Vietnamese individuals are briefly noted.