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Issue: Vol. 5271 No. 3: 27 Apr. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5271.3.8
Page range: 560-568
Abstract views: 254
PDF downloaded: 15

A new species of Ambrysus Stål from west-central Mexico and new records for Ambrysus dyticus La Rivers in Central America (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae)

Red de Biodiversidad y Sistemática
Hemiptera saucer bugs taxonomy distribution new taxa

Abstract

The new species Ambrysus inecol Reynoso n. sp. from Mexico, which belongs to Section 3 of the Ambrysus signoreti Stål complex, is herein described and illustrated. This brings the total number of described species in the genus to 69, of which 61 belong to the nominal subgenus and 25 to the A. signoreti complex. Also, new country and department/state records are reported for the Central American A. dyticus La Rivers.

 

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