Publication details
Redescription of the genus Wachsiella (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae: Physopeltinae) with description of male and comments on its tribal placement
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Year of publication | 2016 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
Magazine / Source | Zootaxa |
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Web | http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4098.1.6 |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.6 |
Field | Zoology |
Keywords | Hemiptera; Heteroptera; Largidae; Physopeltinae; Physopeltini; morphology; systematic placement; Indonesia; Sulawesi; Oriental Region |
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Description | A detailed redescription (including first description of the male sex) of the genus Wachsiella Schmidt, 1931 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae: Physopeltinae) and its single species, Wachsiella horsti Schmidt, 1931, is provided. The systematic placement of the genus is discussed and it is placed in the tribe Physopeltini. Wachsiella horsti is a species endemic to south Sulawesi (Indonesia), known only from specimens collected in 1895–1896 and has never been reported since. |
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