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Issue: Vol. 4858 No. 2: 30 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.2.9
Page range: 285–291
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 4

A new species of Rhodiginus Distant from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae)

Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia. La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia.
Hemiptera Heteroptera Drymini Rhodiginus monteithi sp. nov. north Queensland Australia

Abstract

Rhodiginus monteithi sp. nov., is illustrated and described as the first representative of the genus Rhodiginus Distant from Australia. The new species is compared with the two Oriental species of the genus, R. ceylonicus ((Lethierry & Severin) from Sri Lanka and R. pullatus Bergroth from the Philippines. A brief discussion about the placement of the genus Rhodiginus in tribe Drymini of the subfamily Rhyparochrominae is provided.

 

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