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Issue: Vol. 2 No. 3: 31 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-31
DOI: 10.11646/jihs.2.3.4
Page range: 176-194
Abstract views: 28
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Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Phymacysta Monte, with the Description of Three New Species from Ecuador, Panama, and Peru (Heteroptera: Tingidae)

United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, PPQ, JFK Plant Inspection Station, 230-59 International Airport Centers Boulevard Building C, Suite 100, Room 109, Springfield Gardens, New York 11413; Department of Entomology, North Dakota State University, NDSU Dept. 7650, P.O. Box 6050, Fargo North Dakota 58108-6050
Insecta Hemiptera distributions new taxa lectotype designations hosts

Abstract

The genus Phymacysta Monte is revised and three new species are described: P. ecuadorensis new species from Ecuador, P. paragatun new species from Panama, and P. peruana new species from Peru. Herein, all extant species are diagnosed, a new key for species identification is provided, and lectotypes are designated for Leptostyla tumida Champion and Leptostyla vesiculosa Champion. Phymacysta tumida (Champion) is reported from Costa Rica, and Forestiera phillyreoides (Benth.) Torr., and P. vesiculosa (Champion) is reported from Colombia, Costa Rica, and Verbenaceae for the first time.

 

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