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Issue: Vol. 1819 No. 1: 9 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1819.1.5
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Himacerus from South Africa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nabidae)

Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, Republic of South Africa
Hemiptera Heteroptera Nabidae Himacerus South Africa new species key

Abstract

Himacerus frater sp. nov. is described from the western part of the Republic of South Africa. It is closely related to H. hottentotta (Reuter). A key to the Afrotropical species of Himacerus is given.

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