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Issue: Vol. 4200 No. 3: 30 Nov. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.10
Page range: 444–450
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 1

Germalus species of the Malagasy region (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae)

University of Pannonia Department of Animal Sciences, 16 Deák st., Keszthely, Hungary Hungarian Natural History Museum Department of Zoology, 13 Baross st., Budapest, Hungary
University of Pannonia Department of Animal Sciences, 16 Deák st., Keszthely, Hungary
Hemiptera Geocorinae Madagascar new species new record keys

Abstract

Malagasy species of the genus Germalus Stål, 1862 were reviewed based on material of different European museums. Comments on the description of Germalus kinbergi (Stål, 1859) are given with new distribution data on Réunion. Two new species, Germalus banari sp. nov. and Germalus benyovszkyi sp. nov. are described.

 

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