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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Chilocoris capensis n. sp., the first species of the genus Chilocoris Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) recorded in the Republic of South Africa with an annotated checklist of South African burrower bugs.

Stephen G. ComptonBarbara LisJerzy A. Lis

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MaleInsectaArthropodaburrower bugsbroom cluster figFicusDalodesmidaeHemipteraHeteropterataxonomySouth AfricaDiplopodamorphologyAnimaliaAnimalsCydnidaeFicus surEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsFicus surEcosystemnew speciesbiologyEcologyBroomHeteropteraBiodiversitybiology.organism_classificationFicusHemipteraChecklistPolydesmidaAnimal Science and ZoologyTaxonomy (biology)FemaleCape figCydnidaeAfrotropics

description

Chilocoris capensis n. sp. collected from fallen ripe figs of broom cluster fig Ficus sur Forsskal, 1775, the first burrower bug species of the genus Chilocoris Mayr, 1865 recorded in the Republic of South Africa, is described and compared with Chilocoris laevicollis Horvath, 1919, the morphologically most closely allied Afrotropical species. Additionally, an annotated checklist of burrower bug species recorded in the Republic of South Africa is provided. The known biology of Afrotropical Chilocoris species is briefly summarized.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-08-08Zootaxa
10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.4https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27515635