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Issue: Vol. 4175 No. 2: 13 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.5
Page range: 180–188
Abstract views: 124
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of a new species of Chimarrhometra Bianchi, 1896 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from China

College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Hemiptera Heteroptera Gerridae Chimarrhometra new species

Abstract

The genus Chimarrhometra Bianchi is recorded for the first time from China and C. yunnanensis sp. n. is described. Photographs of the male and female dorsal habitus and male and female genitalic structures are provided. Habitat photos and a distribution map for the species of Chimarrhometra also are provided.

 

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