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Issue: Vol. 2137 No. 1: 22 Jun. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-06-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2137.1.6
Page range: 51–56
Abstract views: 89
PDF downloaded: 2

Aradacanthia, a first record of a Calisiinae genus (Hemiptera: Aradidae) from China, India and Thailand with description of a new species

Institute of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Zhaowuda Road 81, Huhhot 010022, Inner Mongolia, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100094, China
Hemiptera Aradidae Calisiinae Aradacanthia China Thailand northern India new record subfamily new record genus new species

Abstract

A new aradid, Aradacanthia heissi Bai, Zhang & Cai, sp. nov., from China, Thailand, and northern India is described. A key to related species is given and the diagnostic morphological features of new species are illustrated. This new species represents the first record of a Calisiinae in China.

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