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A NEW GENUS BROOKSELLA, NEAR ILNACORA REUTER, WITH NEW SYNONYMY AND NEW COMBINATIONS FOR 15 SPECIES CURRENTLY PLACED IN MELANOTRICHUS REUTER (HETEROPTERA: MIRIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Leonard A. Kelton
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa K1A 0C6

Abstract

Brooksella n. gen. is described (type-species, Asciodema inconspicua Uhler). Lectotypes are designated for Asciodema inconspicua Uhler and Orthotylus viridicatus Uhler. The following North American species currently in Melanotrichus Reuter are transferred to Brooksella: Asciodema inconspicua Uhler (= M. atricornis Knight, n. syn.), M. chelifer Knight (= M. brevirostris Knight, M. custeri Knight, n. syn.), M. azteci Knight, M. incurvus Knight, M. malvastri Knight, M. nevadensis Knight, M. nicholi Knight, M. shoshonea Knight, Orthotylus althaeae Hussey, O. ferox Van Duzee, O. tibialis Van Duzee, and O. viridicatus Uhler. Male genitalia and tergal process are illustrated for each species and a key to separate them is provided.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1979

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