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Issue: Vol. 5665 No. 2: 22 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.7
Page range: 271-276
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 6

A new species of Neoadoxoplatys Kormilev, 1956 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae) from Brazil

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Biociências; Departamento de Zoologia; Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500; 91501- 970 Porto Alegre; RS; Brazil.
North Dakota State University; Department of Entomology; 1300 Albrecht Blvd.; 58102; Fargo; ND; United States of America.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Instituto de Biociências; Departamento de Zoologia; Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500; 91501- 970 Porto Alegre; RS; Brazil.
Hemiptera Ochlerini stink bug taxonomy

Abstract

Neoadoxoplatys Kormilev, 1956 (Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae) is a Neotropical genus with four known species poorly represented in entomological collections. The genus is placed in the Janeirona Distant, 1911 clade of Ochlerini, and is easily distinguished by the femora armed distally with two rows of spines, and the labium with an intercalary segment between labiomeres I-II. In this study, we describe a new species of Neoadoxoplatys from Brazil, similar in size to Neoadoxoplatys longirostra Ruckes, 1958, and provide a differential diagnosis to distinguish the new species from the remaining four in the genus. We also present a key to the species of Neoadoxoplatys.

 

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How to Cite

Sampaio, V.G., Rider, D.A. & Campos, L.A. (2025) A new species of Neoadoxoplatys Kormilev, 1956 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 5665 (2), 271–276. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.2.7