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Issue: Vol. 1286 No. 1: 11 Aug. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1286.1.3
Page range: 23–31
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 2

First record of the genus Platerus Distant (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with the description of a third species of the genus

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
2Animal Department, Tianjin Natural History Museum, Machang Road, Tianjin 30074, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Hemiptera Platerus Platerus pilcheri China Tibet new record new species Reduviidae Harpactorinae key

Abstract

Platerus Distant, 1903 and Platerus pilcheri Distant, 1903 are reported for the first time from China. The female of Platerus pilcheri and Platerus tenuicorpus Zhao, Yang & Cai, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. A key to the three species of the genus is provided. The diagnostic characters of the genus are modified.

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