The genera Stål, 1876 and Distant, 1902 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) were revised and redescribed with the description of Salini & Rabbani, , based on specimens from Assam and Meghalaya, northeastern states of India. The genus Breddin, 1909 is reinstated from , removed from the tribe Menidini, and redescribed. Consequently, the following new combinations are proposed: (Kirby, 1891), , (Zheng & Liu, 1987), , (Xiong & Liu, 1995), , and (Xiong & Liu, 1995), A lectotype is designated for (Distant, 1900a).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree new species of Rondani are described from India: adults of both sexes and third instar larvae of David, Salini & Hancock, and David & Hancock, , plus an adult female of David, Sachin & Hancock, , are described and illustrated. Postabdominal structures, cephalopharyngeal skeleton, and anterior and posterior spiracles of (Hering, 1939) and (Wiedemann, 1830) are illustrated. DNA barcode sequences of , , and were obtained and reported.
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