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Issue: Vol. 1 No. 3: 31 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/jihs.1.3.2
Page range: 161-167
Abstract views: 146
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Two New Species of Melucha Amyot and Serville, 1843 from French Guiana (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Nematopodini), with a Revised Key to the Species

Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, apdo postal 70153, Ciudad de México 04510, México.
Insecta Coreoidea new taxa Neotropical Region

Abstract

Two new species of Melucha Amyot and Serville, 1843 collected in French Guiana are described: M. edictum new species and M. flatilis new species. Dorsal photographs are provided as well as photos of male genital capsules and parameres where available. A key to the 15 known species is included.

 

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