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  • October 10, 2014 (v1)
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    Key to the species of Ea Distant 1(2) Pronotum about 1.4 to 1.8 times longer than the head, sides well inclined and wide aspect, (Fig.2), lateroposterior margins of pygophore convex (Fig. 4)……...... Ea septentrionalis n. sp. 2(1) Pronotum subequal (1.1 to 1.2 times longer) to the length of the head, sides less inclined and without wide aspect...

    Uploaded on April 28, 2025

    Published in New data on the genus Ea distant, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), with description of a new species from Chile, pp. 53-58 in Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, 42(2), 56, 2014.

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  • October 10, 2014 (v1)
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    Ea australis Distant, 1911 (Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 11) Besides of the records for Ea australis from Rio Negro in Chubut in Argentina, Coyhaique in Aysén Region and Sierra Baguales in Magallanes Region in Chile, anything else is known for this species. Here we add new records for this species for Argentina and Chile. Additionally the first host...

    Uploaded on April 28, 2025

    Published in New data on the genus Ea distant, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), with description of a new species from Chile, pp. 53-58 in Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, 42(2), 55-56, 2014.

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  • October 10, 2014 (v1)
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    Ea septentrionalis n.sp. (Figs. 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11) General body shape oval and elongated (Fig. 9). Dorsum light green, uniformly colored, with light brown punctation, ventral portion reddish and yellowish. Head: green with light brown punctures; paraclypei not surpassing the anteclypeus, lateral margins elevated, apices narrowly rounded,...

    Uploaded on April 28, 2025

    Published in New data on the genus Ea distant, 1911 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae), with description of a new species from Chile, pp. 53-58 in Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia, 42(2), 54-55, 2014.

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