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First record of the cimicomorphan family Plokiophilidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from China, with description of a new species of Plokiophiloides.
- Source :
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ZooKeys . 2021, Issue 1021, p145-157. 13p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Plokiophiloides bannaensis sp. nov., is described from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, representing the first record of the family Plokiophilidae from China. The new species also represents the first record of the genus Plokiophiloides in the Oriental Region, a second zoogeographical region besides the Afrotropical Region. Photographs of the live individuals inhabiting a spider web within natural habitats, male and female habitus, wings of adult, male genitalic structures, female abdomen structures and scanning electron micrographs of forewing, head, thorax and legs are provided. A key to all known species of Plokiophiloides is presented, with a distribution map. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *HEMIPTERA
*SPIDER webs
*SPECIES
*INSECT anatomy
BEETLE anatomy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13132989
- Issue :
- 1021
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- ZooKeys
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 149238321
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1021.56599