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Issue: Vol. 5091 No. 3: 14 Jan. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.3.9
Page range: 495-500
Abstract views: 294
PDF downloaded: 25

Description of two new micropterous species of Monasavuhygia Brailovsky, 1996 from the Fiji and Solomon Islands and a key to species (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Colpurini)

Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70153, México, Ciudad de México, 04510
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70153, México, Ciudad de México, 04510
Hemiptera Coreidae Monasavuhygia taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Monasavuhygia Brailovsky, 1996 is revised. Two new species collected in the Fiji Islands and Solomon Islands, respectively, are described in the Tribe Colpurini (Heteroptera: Coreidae). A key to the known species is included, with photographs of the dorsal habitus and female genital plates provided.    

 

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