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Issue: Vol. 2808 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2808.1.4
Page range: 41–48
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

A review of Yemmatropis (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Berytidae), with descriptions of two new species from China

Institute of Entomology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Rood, Tianjin, 30071, China
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, 94 Weijin Rood, Tianjin, 30071, China
Hemiptera Berytidae Yemmatropis review new species China

Abstract

Four species of the genus Yemmatropis Hsiao, 1977, from China are treated in this paper, in which Yemmatropis erectus Henry, 2002 is newly recorded from China. Yemmatropis hsiaoi sp. nov. and Yemmatropis nigrovittatus sp. nov. are described. Photographs of head and pronotum and drawings of openings of male genital capsules and parameres of all four species, and a key to all Yemmatropis species, are provided to assist in identification. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.

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