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Issue: Vol. 1176 No. 1: 21 Apr. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1176.1.2
Page range: 17–25
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 5

The reduviid genus Nagustoides Miller (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) found in China, with description of a new species

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Key Lab of Insect Evolution & Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
Heteroptera Nagustoides Reduviidae Harpactorinae taxonomy China new species abnormal venation

Abstract

The genus Nagustoides Miller, 1954 is recorded for the first time from China. Nagustoides lii is described as new to science. A key to the species of genus is provided. The diagnostic characters of the genus Nagustoides are revised. The abnormal venation of left fore wing of a female is noted. The type specimens are preserved in the Entomological Museum of China Agricultural University, Beijing.

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