A new species, new synonymy, and notes on Neomacrocoris (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae).

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  • Robert W Sites
چکیده

Based on borrowed museum specimens and fresh collections from South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, many specimens of Neomacrocoris Montandon have been made available for study. Neomacrocoris liberianus n. sp. is described from Liberia and Sierra Leone based on two museum specimens. Neomacrocoris bondelaufa Sites is synonymized with N. transvaalensis (Distant) and distribution records for N. parviceps Montandon and N. vuga Sites are provided.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Zootaxa

دوره 3964 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2015