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A new subspecies of Dimorphopterus Cornutus Slater (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) from Papua New Guinea on rice and carpet grass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

M. S. K. Ghauri
Affiliation:
Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, ℅ British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK

Abstract

Dimorphopterus cornutus novaeguineae subsp.n. is described from Papua New Guinea. Adults and immatures were collected from dying rice and a lawn of carpet grass (Axonopus compressus). Members of the genus Dimorphopterus and allied genera are known as chinch bugs and damage Gramineae in the tropics and subtropics. The differences between this subspecies and D. cornutus cornutus Slater are illustrated and described in detail.

Type
Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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