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TRANSFER OF WESTERMANNIA DIFFICILIS DOHRN TO THE GENUS POLAUCHENIA MCATEE & MALLOCH (HEMIPTERA, HETEROPTERA, REDUVIIDAE, EMESINAE, EMESINI)
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Diptera Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science. Museum für Naturkunde. Berlin, Germany.
Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science. Museum für Naturkunde. Berlin, Germany.
Abstract
Based on the examination of its lectotype (here designated), Westermannia difficilis Dohrn, 1860 (Hemip tera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae, Emesini), currently included in Dohrnemesa Wygodzinsky, 1945,
is transferred to the genus Polauchenia McAtee & Malloch, 1925 with the resulting new combination:
Polauchenia difficilis (Dohrn, 1860), comb. nov. An updated key to the species of Polauchenia is provided.
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