New Genus and three new species of leaf-litter-inhabiting Ozophorini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae)
One new genus, Pseudomenotelus from Mexico, is proposed within Lygaeoidea (Ozophorini) based on the new species P. oculatus from the state of Chiapas in Mexico. In addition, two new species from Honduras are described in the genus Pseudomenus, P. hondurensis and P. olanchus, each belonging to Ozopho...
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Annals of the Entomological Society of America
2009
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| Online Access: | http://inecol.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1005/158 |
| Summary: | One new genus, Pseudomenotelus from Mexico, is proposed within Lygaeoidea (Ozophorini) based on the new species P. oculatus from the state of Chiapas in Mexico. In addition, two new species from Honduras are described in the genus Pseudomenus, P. hondurensis and P. olanchus, each belonging to Ozophorini. A key to the Mexican genera of Ozophorini is included, as well as a key to the known species of Pseudomenus. All taxa here reported are leaf-litterÐinhabiting and were collected in mesophilous forest. |
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