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Issue: Vol. 4434 No. 2: 15 Jun. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-06-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.13
Page range: 396–400
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of the genus Mecistoscelis Reuter from Vietnam (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mecistoscelini), with key to Mecistoscelis species

Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology Graduate School of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
Hemiptera Miridae Mecistoscelini

Abstract

A new species, Mecistoscelis lansburyi Kim et Jung sp. nov. is described from Vietnam. Diagnosis, description including genitalia, and biological notes are presented with illustrations and photographs. The photographic image of female genital structure of this tribe is first presented based on M. lansburyi sp. nov. and key to the Mecistoscelis species is provided.

 

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