Reconsideration of the apterous carventine genus Crassocoris and description of Paracrassocoris gen. nov. from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)

Xiaoshuan Bai; Ernst Heiss; Wanzhi Cai

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.9

Reconsideration of the apterous carventine genus Crassocoris and description of Paracrassocoris gen. nov. from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)

Zootaxa. 2018 Aug 3;4455(3):537-546. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.9.

Authors

Xiaoshuan Bai¹, Ernst Heiss, Wanzhi Cai

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Zhaowuda Road 81, Hohhot 010022, Inner Mongolia, China.. baixs2007@aliyun.com.

PMID: 30314199
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.9

Abstract

Based on new topotypical material, the apterous carventine genus Crassocoris Bai, Heiss Cai, 2007 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) with the type species C. hsiaoi Bai, Heiss Cai, 2007, is redescribed. A new, closely related apterous genus and species, Paracrassocoris hekouensis gen. nov., sp. nov. is described from Hainan, China. The diagnostic morphological features of both taxa are described and illustrated.

Keywords: Aradidae, Carventinae, Crassocoris, Paracrassocoris, China, new genus, new species, Hemiptera.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animals
China
Hemiptera*
Heteroptera*