<strong>A new <em>Ochterus</em> (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae) from northeastern Brazil, with a key to the species recorded from the country</strong>

ISABELLE DA ROCHA SILVA CORDEIRO; FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA; FERNANDA AVELINO CAPISTRANO DA SILVA

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3860.5.8

Issue: Vol. 3860 No. 5: 9 Sept. 2014

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2014-09-09

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3860.5.8

Page range: 493–497

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**A new Ochterus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae) from northeastern Brazil, with a key to the species recorded from the country**

ISABELLE DA ROCHA SILVA CORDEIRO⁺⁻
FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA⁺⁻
FERNANDA AVELINO CAPISTRANO DA SILVA⁺⁻

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório Nacional e Internacional de Referência em Taxonomia de Triatomíneos. Avenida Brasil, 4365, Pavilhão Rocha Lima, Quinto Andar. Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21045-900.

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Entomologia. Avenida Carlos Chagas Filho 373, CCS, Bloco A, Sala 107. Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. CEP 21941-971, Caixa Postal 68044.

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Abstract

Ochterus santosi sp. nov., from the state of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, is described, illustrated, and compared with other species of the genus from the Americas. An identification key to the species recorded from the country is also presented.