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Issue: Vol. 3202 No. 1: 22 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3202.1.3
Page range: 51–57
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 1

Niborskiana: a new genus to accommodate Tigava gracilis Monte and Tigava notabilis Drake (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)

División Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900FWA, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hemiptera Niborskiana new genus Neotropical Region key to Neotropical genera

Abstract

A new Neotropical genus, Niborskiana n. gen., is introduced to accommodate Tigava gracilis Monte and T. notabilisDrake, and redescriptions, illustrations and photographs of these two species are provided. A diagnosis for the genus Tigava and a key to the related Neotropical genera are presented.

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