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Issue: Vol. 4105 No. 1: 19 Apr. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.1.4
Page range: 88–100
Abstract views: 70
PDF downloaded: 1

A revision of the Australian genus Trachylestes with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)

Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3186, Australia; La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria Australia
Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3186, Australia; La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria Australia
Curtin Institute for Biodiversity and Climate, Curtin University, PO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia
Heteroptera Trachylestes new species Barrow Island Western Australia Queensland Australia key to species Hemiptera

Abstract

Two new species, Trachylestes barrowensis sp. nov. from Barrow Island, Western Australia and T. queenslandensis sp. nov. from southeastern Queensland are described, and a key for their separation from other known species of the Australian endemic genus Trachylestes Stål, 1868 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) is given.

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