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Description of Epidaus nanlingensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae) from Nanling Mountains, China, with an updated key to Chinese species of Epidaus Stål
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- 1. Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China|Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
- 2. State Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Forestry Biosecurity, MARA Key Lab of Pest Monitoring and Green Management, College of Plant Protection, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- 3. Administration of Guangdong Nanling National Nature Reserve, Shaoguan, China
Description
The assassin bug genus Epidaus Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae) includes 28 species mainly distributed in the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, with China being a major diversity hotspot, hosting nine known species.
Epidaus nanlingensis Wang Z, Liu & Cai, sp. nov. from Nanling National Nature Reserve, Guangdong, China, is described and illustrated, based on both male and female specimens. A comparative study of the new species and its morphologically similar species is presented. An updated identification key to all ten Chinese species of the genus Epidaus is provided.
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