Brailovskylus mexicanus, a new genus and species from Mexico and Central America (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae)

Autores/as

  • Joseph Edward Eger Dow AgroSciences, LLC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v24i2.6718

Palabras clave:

Stethaulax, Symphylus, Crathis, Lobothyreus, Homaemus, Sphyrocoris, Neotropics.

Resumen

Brailovskylus mexicanus, a new genus and species of Pachycorinae (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) from Mexico and Central America is described and illustrated. The new genus is related to Symphylus Dallas, 1851, and Stethaulax Bergroth, 1891, but differs from these in the length of the ostiolar peritreme and in the male and female genitalia.

Biografía del autor/a

Joseph Edward Eger, Dow AgroSciences, LLC

Field Scientist, Urban Pest Management

Citas

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Eger, J. E., Jr., A. Barcellos, and L. Weiler. 2015a. Chapter 23, Shield bugs (Scutelleridae). pp. 757-788. In: A. R. Panizzi and J. Grazia [Eds.]. True bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Springer Science and Business Media, Dordrecht.

McDonald, F. J. D. 1966. The genitalia of North American Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Quaestiones Entomologicae 2:7-150.

Weiler, L., K.R. Barão, G. Cassis, and J. Grazia. 2017. Morphology of the external scent efferent system of Neotropical shield bugs (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae). Zoomorphology 136(1):29-44.

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2017-06-30

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