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Issue: Vol. 289 No. 1: 9 Sept. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.289.1.1
Page range: 1–6
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Ashlockobius (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini) from Venezuela

Departamento de Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n. 1900 La Plata, Argentina
Hemiptera Heteroptera Lygaeoidea Rhyparochromidae Myodochini Ashlockobius bipuntatus Venezuela

Abstract

A new species of Ashlockobius Slater & Slater 1999 (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini) is described from Venezuela, the male genitalia are illustrated, and the presence of a stridulatory mechanism is discussed.

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    Harrington, B.J. (1980) A generic level revision and cladistic analysis of the Myodochini of the world (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae, Rhyparochrominae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Na-tural History, 167, 49–116.

    Slater, J.A. & Slater, A. (1999) Ashlockobius, a new genus of Myodochini from Venezuela (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 101(1), 138–142.