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Issue: Vol. 4608 No. 2: 20 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.2.10
Page range: 365–370
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of the emesine assassin bug genus Emesopsis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam

Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. Graduate school of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.
Hemiptera Taxonomy Emesopsis new species identification key

Abstract

Emesopsis konchurangensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Ploiariolini) is described from central Vietnam as the fourth species of the genus in this country. A key to the Vietnamese species of Emesopsis is presented.

 

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