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Issue: Vol. 5575 No. 2: 23 Jan. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5575.2.5
Page range: 295-304
Abstract views: 343
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A new micropterous species of Haematoloecha from Vietnam (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

National Chung Hsing University; Department of Entomology; Kuo Kuang Road 250; Taichung 40227; Taiwan.; University of the Philippines Los Baños; Institute of Biological Sciences; Los Baños; Laguna 4030; Philippines.
National Chung Hsing University; Department of Entomology; Kuo Kuang Road 250; Taichung 40227; Taiwan.
Hemiptera taxonomy new species Palaearctic Region Indomalaya

Abstract

A new species of Haematoloecha Stål, 1874 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae), H. merkli sp. nov., is described from northern Vietnam based on micropterous males and females. A checklist of species placed into Haematoloecha and currently considered valid is presented.

 

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