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Issue: Vol. 1126 No. 1: 10 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1126.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Opistheurista Carvalho, from Southern Brazil (Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae)

Museu de Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Museu de Entomologia, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Hemiptera Opistheurista Resthenini New species derrubadensis Neotropical Brazil

Abstract

The Resthenini genus Opistheurista has been known until now by the single species O. clandestina, which occurs in the Nearctic region. While studying mirids from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, we found a female exemplar as a new species. We provide descriptions, diagnoses, illustrations, and a key to distinguish the two species of genus Opistheurista.

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