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Issue: Vol. 3181 No. 1: 2 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3181.1.3
Page range: 47–57
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 2

The emesine assassin bug genus Empicoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species

Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Laboratory of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Hemiptera Emesinae key to species new record Ploiariolini

Abstract

Five species of the reduviid genus Empicoris are recognized in Vietnam, including a previously recorded species E. ru-bromaculatus (Blackburn). Two species, E. montanus sp. n. and E. laocaiensis sp. n., are newly described. Empicorisminutus Usinger and E. tesselatoides Wygodzinsky et Usinger are recorded from Vietnam for the first time. A key to the species of Vietnamese Empicoris is presented.

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