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Thomas J. Henry

First North American Record of the Old World CylapineFulvius subnitensPoppius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Virginia, with Descriptions and a Key to the U.S. Species ofFulvius

Abstract. The first North American record for Fulvius subnitens Poppius is reported based on one specimen collected in southcentral Virginia. Fulvius anthocoroides (Reuter), Fulvius imbecilis (Say), Fulvius slateri Wheeler, and Fulvius subnitens are diagnosed and described, and color images of adults, updated distributions, a review of feeding habits, and an identification key are provided. For each species, the nomenclatural history and most important citations are given.

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Review and a New Subfamily Placement of the Plant Bug GenusIsometocorisCarvalho and Sailer, 1954 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), with the Description of a New Species from Brazil

Abstract The genus Isometocoris Carvalho and Sailer is reviewed and I. penicillus, new species, from Brazil is described. Diagnoses of the genus and included species I. blantoni Carvalho and Sailer and I. penicillus, n. sp., are given; a color adult habitus photo of both Isometocoris species, male genitalic drawings of Isometocoris penicillus n. sp., and scanning electron micrographs of selected structures of I. blantoni are provided; and an identification key is given to help distinguish the two included species. Isometocoris is transferred from the subfamily Psallopinae to the Cylapinae, where it is placed in the tribe Fulviini. Psallopinae is reduced to tribal level (Psallopini, new stat…

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Corrigendum to: Revision of the New World species of Peritropis Uhler (Hemiptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) (Insect Systematics & Evolution 43 (2012): 213–270, DOI 10.1163/1876312X04303002)

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Revision of the New World Species of Peritropis Uhler (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae)

The New World species of the genus Peritropis are revised, and 17 new species are described: P. amazonica, P. amphicyrta, P. carpinteroi, P. carvalhoi, P. conspersa, P. cornata, P. gorczycai, P. guarani, P. izyai, P. marmorea, P. nicaraguensis. P. plaumanni, P. schaffneri, P. scutellata, P. stobieckii, P. turrialba and P. venezuelaensis. All previously known species from the New World (P. husseyi Knight, P. saldaeformis Uhler, and P. tuberculata McAtee and Malloch) are redescribed, except P. unicolor Carvalho and Rosas for which an English translation of the original description is provided. Illustrations of the male genitalia, a color photograph of the adult of each species, scanning elect…

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