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Issue: Vol. 1016 No. 1: 8 Jul. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1016.1.5
Page range: 39–47
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Coleopterocoris Hungerford from Southeastern Brazil, with notes on C. hungerfordi De Carlo and C. kleerekoperi Hungerford (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Potamocoridae)

Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21944-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Hemiptera Brazil Coleopterocoris hungerfordi Coleopterocoris kleerekoperi Coleopterocoris nelsoni n. sp. male genitalia new records taxonomy morphology Neotropics

Abstract

Coleopterocoris nelsoni, a new species from the State of Rio de Janeiro, SE. Brazil, is herein described, illustrated, and compared with C. kleerekoperi and C. hungerfordi. The latter species is redescribed, including new aspects of the male genital structures, and newly recorded from the State of Rio de Janeiro. A key to the species of Coleopterocoris is provided. Coleopterocoris kleerekoperi is newly recorded from the State of Mato Grosso (Central W. Brazil).

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