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Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-12
Page range: 401–420
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Contributions to the tribe Leptocorisini, with descriptions of Planusocoris schaeferi gen. & sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Alydidae)

Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071,China
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Road, Tianjin 300071,China
Hemiptera Heteroptera Alydidae Leptocorisini key to genera new genus new species new synonym

Abstract

In this paper, the genus Grypocephalus Hsiao, 1963 is taxonomically reviewed worldwide. Bloeteocoris Ahmad, 1965 is proposed as a new junior synonym for Grypocephalus Hsiao, 1963. All the species of Bloeteocoris Ahmad, 1965 are herein transferred to Grypocephalus Hsiao, 1963, in which, Bloeteocoris minutus Ahmad, 1965 is synonymized with Grypocephalus pallipectus Hsiao, 1963. Planusocoris schaeferi gen. & sp. nov. of Leptocorisini is described as new to science. Photographs of adults, and illustrations of male and female genitalia of the involved species are provided. The genera of the world Leptocorisini are keyed. The type specimens of P. schaeferi sp. nov. are deposited in the Insect Collection, Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.