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Revision of the plant bug genus Coridromius Signoret (Insecta:Heteroptera:Miridae) / Nikolai J. Tatarnic and Gerasimos Cassis

Catalog Data

Author:
Tatarnic, Nikolai J  Search this
Cassis, G  Search this
Physical description:
95 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm
Type:
Classification
Date:
2008
C2008
Notes:
"Issued August 29, 2008."
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Summary:
The plant bug genus Coridromius Signoret is revised. Twenty-one new species from Australia, the South Pacific, Asia, and Africa are described (bicolor, boianotum, bulbopella, chenopoderis, confusus, crassus, drepanopenis, ephippius, epithema, falsicoleus, hermosus, lestoni, marmoreus, monotocopsis, pilbarensis, prolixipenis, pteraulos, ruwenzorii, sommelieri, tahitiensis, and thalame). Ten previously described species are redescribed (schuhi is excluded, as the type material is presumed lost and Linnavuori's original description and illustrations (Linnavuori, 1994) are not sufficient to distinguish schuhi from most other species). The genus Coridromoides Carvalho is synonymized with Coridromius, and its sole species, Coridromoides carinatus Carvalho, 1956, is transferred to Coridromius. A key to species, color habitus figures, illustrations of male genitalia, photographs of paragenital dissections, and scanning electron micrographs of structural details are provided. Detailed locality information and distribution maps of all species are included. Host plant data is provided for some species.
Topic:
Miridae  Search this
Coridromius  Search this
Call number:
QL523.M5 .T38 2008
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Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_924506