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Supplementary notes on the orbitalis (Westw.) group of Antestiopsis (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. J. Greathead
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, c/o P.O. Box 265, Kampala, Uganda

Extract

The examination of samples of Antestiopsis orbitalis (Westw.) from different parts of South Africa has shown complete intergradation between the colour patterns of the typical subspecies and that of the form facetus (Germ.), hitherto of indeterminate infraspecific status, and the latter name is suppressed. Additional localities of ocurrence are given for A. orbitalis, and Antestia rufovittata Dist. is redescribed and transferred to Antestiopsis.

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Research Paper
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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