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Issue: Vol. 2127 No. 1: 8 Jun. 2009
Type: Article
Published: 2009-06-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2127.1.2
Page range: 50–58
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of a new species Perissobasis heroni (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae), found on Coffea arabica, and with a key to Neotropical species of the genus

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
Programa de Pós-Graduação em 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 Coffea arabica crop Miridae Predator Brazil Perissobasis

Abstract

The newly discovered plant bug Perissobasis heroni is described from specimens collected in Campos Altos city, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, on coffee (Coffea arabica). It was found with a rich arthropod fauna associated with coffee foliage. A diagnosis, description, photographs of the adult male, and selected structures and illustrations of male genitalia are provided to facilitate recognition. A key to species of Perissobasis is also included.

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