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Issue: Vol. 2748 No. 1: 25 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2748.1.5
Page range: 47–52
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 1

On the identity of Ashlockobius Slater & Slater and Villalobosothignus Brailovsky (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), with the description of a new arboreal species from Ecuador

División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina (CONICET)
División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, 1900 La Plata, Argentina Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina (CONICET)
Hemiptera checking generic status new synonymy new combinations new taxon diagnoses habitat distribution

Abstract

The genus Villalobosothignus Brailovsky, 1984 is diagnosed, and Ashlockobius Slater & Slater, 1999 is synonymized with it. A new arboreal species of Villalobosothignus from Ecuador is described, and photographs of the adult and male genitalia are provided together with illustrations of certain diagnostic characters to facilitate identification.

References

  1. Brailovsky, H. (1984) Un nuevo género y una nueva especie sudamericanos de la tribu Myodochini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 54, 1, 79–85.

    Dellapé, P.M. (2003) A new species of Ashlockobius (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini) from Venezuela. Zootaxa, 289, 1–6.

    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.