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Issue: Vol. 3281 No. 1: 27 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3281.1.4
Page range: 56–60
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 2

Paralenaeus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) found in China with the description of the second species of the genus

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection of China State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Hemiptera Paralenaeus Reduviidae new species China

Abstract

The genus Paralenaeus Reuter, 1881, is recorded for the first time from China. The second species of the genus, Parale-naeus schaeferi sp. n., is described from Yunnan. Dorsal habitus, male genitalia, and other diagnostic morphological characters of the new species are illustrated.

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