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First record of Hermatobatidae from China, with description of Hermatobates lingyangjiaoensis sp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xingangxi Road, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China. Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Weijin Road 94, 300071 Tianjin, China.
Netherlands Centre of Biodiversity Naturalis, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xingangxi Road, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China.
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Sun Yat-sen University, 135 Xingangxi Road, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, China.
Hemiptera China Heteroptera Hermatobatidae Hermatobates new species

Abstract

The family Hermatobatidae Poisson, 1965 is recorded for the first time from China and Hermatobates lingyangjiaoensis sp. n. is described. Photographs of the male and female habitus, legs, metasternum, and male genitalic structures, and scanning electron micrographs of the male metasternum and propleuron are provided. A key to all the species currently recognized in the H. weddi species group is presented. Distribution maps for the species of Hermatobates in China and Southeast Asia are also provided. Further, a photograph documenting the feeding of Hermatobates on Halovelia is presented for the first time to serve as direct evidence of the feeding habits of Hermatobates.

 

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