Morphologically novel members of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus Hahn found in Thailand, with descriptions of three new species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini)

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作者
Yasunaga, Tomohide [1 ]
Schuh, Randall T. [2 ]
机构
[1] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Div Invertebrate Zool, Nagasaki 8528061, Japan
[2] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Dept Entomol, Div Invertebrate Zool, New York, NY 10024 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
SOUTH-AFRICA; REVISION; HEMIPTERA;
D O I
10.1206/3768.2
中图分类号
X176 [生物多样性保护];
学科分类号
090705 ;
摘要
Morphologically novel species of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus Hahn from Thailand are reviewed, with photographic images of live individuals. Three species, Pilophorus barbiger, P. giraffoides, and P. portentosus, are described as new, in addition to two known Thai species, P. maculatus (Schuh) and P. pleiku (Schuh), which are also diagnosed. The female of P. pleiku is reported for the first time. The biology and immature forms are documented for P. pleiku and P. barbiger, which were observed to be associated with ants on the rubiaceous broad-leaf, Gardenia sootepensis Hutch. The systematic position of such morphologically novel species is discussed. Pilophorus palawanus (Schuh) is newly recorded from Singapore.
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页数:18
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