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Issue: Vol. 2651 No. 1: 20 Oct. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2651.1.5
Page range: 59–63
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 1

Two new species of the genus Roscius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Hviezdoslavova 29a, CZ-627 00 Brno – Slatina, Czech Republic
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Agriculture, CZ-165 21 Praha 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic
Hemiptera Heteroptera Pyrrhocoridae taxonomy Central African Republic Mozambique Afrotropical Region

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Roscius Stål, 1866 are described – Roscius diversus sp. nov. from the Central African Republic and Roscius niger sp. nov. from Mozambique.

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