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Issue: Vol. 4158 No. 1: 26 Aug. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-08-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.10
Page range: 146–150
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Pseudowuiessa, a new genus of brachypterous Mezirinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) from China

College of Agriculture, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, Huolihe West Street 536 ,Tongliao 028043, Inner Mongolia, China
Institute of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Zhaowuda Road 81, Huhhot 010022, Inner Mongolia, China.
Zhejiang Inspection and Quarantine Technic Center, Wensan Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310012, China
Tiroler Landesmuseum, Josef-Schraffl-Strasse 2a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Hemiptera Heteroptera Aradidae Mezirinae Pseudowuiessa new genus new species brachyptery China

Abstract

A new brachypterous flat bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) genus and species, Pseudowuiessa producta Bai, Heiss & Cai, gen. nov. & sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China. A key to related genera is given and the diagnostic characters of the new taxon are illustrated.

 

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