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Issue: Vol. 4748 No. 2: 6 Mar. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.10
Page range: 382–388
Abstract views: 98
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Aphelonotus schuhi sp. nov., the first s­­pecies of the family Pachynomidae from Puerto Rico (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha—Horní Počernice, Czech Republic.
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Weijin Road 94, 300071 Tianjin, China. Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary
Hemiptera Heteroptera Pachynomidae Aphelonotinae new species taxonomy Puerto Rico Greater Antilles

Abstract

Aphelonotus schuhi sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pachynomidae: Aphelonotinae) is described from Puerto Rico based on a single male collected by flight interception trap. The new species is morphologically similar to A. taino Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015 and A. xenos Schuh, Weirauch & Grillo, 2015, being distinguished from them by the combination of the presence of a stout subapical spine on the protibia and the characteristic shape of the parameres. An informal A. xenos species-group is proposed to accommodate these three species.

 

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