Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-30
Page range: 212-218
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 4

A Check List of Arhaphe Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) with Descriptions of Two New Species from Mexico

Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, apdo postal 70153, Ciudad de México, 04510.
true bugs taxonomy Oaxaca general distribution

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Arhaphe Herrich-Schäeffer collected in Mexico are described: A. favissa new species and A. nicoleta new species. Dorsal and lateral photographs are provided, and a check list of Arhaphe species with distribution records is given.

 

References

  1. Barber, H. G. 1911. Description of some new Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19: 23‒31.
  2. Barber, H. G. 1924. The genus Arhaphe in the United States (Hemiptera-Pyrrhocoridae). Canadian Entomologist 56: 227‒228. https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent56227-9
  3. Bliven, B. P. 1956. New Hemiptera from the western states with illustrations of previously described species and new synonymy on the Psyllidae. B. P. Bliven, Eureka. California. 27 pp.
  4. Brailovsky, H. 1981. Arhaphe H.-S., descripción de nuevas especies (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 47: 81‒109.
  5. Brailovsky, H. 1996. Especies nuevas del género Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae: Arhaphinae). Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 67: 309‒318.
  6. Brailovsky, H. and C. Márquez. 1974. Contribución al estudio de los Hemiptera-Heteroptera de Mexico III. Una nueva especie de Arhaphe Herrich-Schaefer [sic!] (Largidae). Anales del Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Serie Zoología 4: 99‒104.
  7. Halstead, T. F. 1972. A review of the genus Arhaphe Herrich-Schäffer (Hemiptera: Largidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 48: 1‒7.
  8. Henry, T. J. 1988. Family Largidae Amyot and Serville, 1843. The Largid Bugs, pp. 159–165. In Henry, T. J. and R. C. Froeschner, eds. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill, Leiden, New York, KØbenhavn, Köln. 958 pp. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004590601_020
  9. Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W. 1850. Die Wanzenartigen Insecten. C. H. Zeh’schen Buchhandlung, Nürnberg. 9: 45‒256.
  10. Schaefer, C. W. 2000. Systematic notes on Larginae (Hemiptera: Largidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 108: 130‒145. https://doi.org/10.1664/0028-7199(2000)108[0130:SNOLHL]2.0.CO;2
  11. Stehlík, J. L. and P. Kment. 2011. Redescription of Pararhaphe and review of Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) of America north of Mexico. Zootaxa 3058(1): 35‒54. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3058.1.3
  12. Stehlík, J. L. and H. Brailovsky. 2016. Review of the genus Arhaphe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) with description of nine new species from Central America. Zootaxa 4093(4): 451‒479. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.1
  13. Walker, F. 1873. Catalogue of the specimens of heteropterous-Hemiptera in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum. London. 7: 1–213.