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Issue: Vol. 4894 No. 3: 10 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4894.3.10
Page range: 445–450
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Paracremastaptera, a new apterous genus of Mezirinae from China (Hemiptera: Aradidae)

Institute of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Zhaowuda Road 81, Huhhot, 010022, Inner Mongolia, China.
Institute of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Zhaowuda Road 81, Huhhot, 010022, Inner Mongolia, China.
Entomological Research Associate, Tiroler Landesmuseum, 2a Josef Schraffl-Strasse, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
College of plant protection, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100094, China.
Hemiptera Aradidae Mezirinae Paracremastaptera China new genus new species

Abstract

A new apterous flat bug genus and species, Paracremastaptera ximaensis Bai, Heiss & Cai, gen. nov. and sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China. The diagnostic morphological features of the new genus and species are illustrated.

 

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