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Revision of Australian Brachysandalus with the description of nine new species including one cavernicolous species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), and observations on male extragenital structure and leg teratology

  • 1. Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia malipatil@bigpond.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-1035 & Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China yingqiliu0720@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0881-9670 caiwz@cau.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-0446 * Corresponding authors
  • 2. Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia malipatil@bigpond.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-1035 & Department of Entomology and MOA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China yingqiliu0720@163.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0881-9670 caiwz@cau.edu.cn; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8620-0446 * Corresponding authors & Agriculture Victoria, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia malipatil@bigpond.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3088-1035

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Liu, Yingqi, Cai, Wanzhi (2024): Revision of Australian Brachysandalus with the description of nine new species including one cavernicolous species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), and observations on male extragenital structure and leg teratology. Zootaxa 5490 (1): 1-112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5490.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5490.1.1

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