A new species of Dohrnemesa and a new species of Polauchenia from Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)

Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Universidade Federal de Lavras. Departamento de Biologia. Setor de Zoologia Geral. Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea. Lavras, MG, Brasil.

Abstract

Dohrnemesa kuarajucassaba sp. nov. and Polauchenia paraprotentor sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae: Emesini) are described respectively from states of Minas Gerais and Pará, Brazil. Both species described here were collected from caves. Updated keys to the species of Dohrnemesa Wygodzinsky, 1945 and Polauchenia McAtee & Malloch, 1925 are presented.

Keywords in Portuguese

Caracteres Sexuais
Novas espécies
Caverna
Região Neotropical
Dimorfismo sexual

Keywords

Emesini
Neotropical region
New species
Cave
Sexual dimorphism

Publisher

Magnolia Press

Citation

GIL-SANTANA, Hélcio R.; FERREIRA, Rodrigo Lopes. A new species of Dohrnemesa and a new species of Polauchenia from Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Zootaxa, v. 4338, n. 2, p. 201-240, 2017.

DOI

10.11646/zootaxa.4338.2.1

ISSN

1175-5326

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/26944

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2030-12-31

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