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Issue: Vol. 1306 No. 1: 31 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.4
Page range: 51–56
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

The genus Potamobates Champion in Ecuador, with description of P. shuar n. sp. (Hemiptera: Gerridae)

Università di Padova, Dip. Agronomia Ambientale e Produzioni Vegetali - Entomologia, AGRIPOLIS Vialedell'Università 16, I-35020 Legnaro (PD) ITALY
Hemiptera morphology habitats species groups cladistics

Abstract

Potamobates horvathi Esaki and P. anchicaya Polhemus & Polhemus are reported for Ecuador for the first time. P. shuar n. sp. is described from southern Ecuadorean Amazonas. Male and female genitalia separate P. shuar from other congeneric species. Five species of Potamobates occurr in Ecuador: P. anchicaya, P. horvathi, P. shuar n. sp., P. sumaco Cognato, and P. williamsi Hungerford. Finally, comments on the phylogeny of the genus are given.

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