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Re-description of the assassin bug species Pygolampisstriata Miller, 1940 with new distributional records from Japan and Indonesia (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Stenopodainae)

BACKGROUND: Pygolampisstriata Miller, 1940 was previously described, based on a single male specimen. However, there are no records of the species since then. The females and nymphs were not described and knowledge about their habitat is insufficient. NEW INFORMATION: This is the first record of the...

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Autor principal: Okuda, Kyosuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8357702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34393581
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e63695
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Pygolampisstriata Miller, 1940 was previously described, based on a single male specimen. However, there are no records of the species since then. The females and nymphs were not described and knowledge about their habitat is insufficient. NEW INFORMATION: This is the first record of the assassin bug Pygolampisstriata Miller, 1940 from Japan and Indonesia. Here, this species has been re-described and, for the first time, the female has been described. The species was collected from the surfaces of dried Poaceae grasslands using the "Gasa-Gasa collecting method".