Eur. J. Entomol. 100 (1): 181-185, 2003 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.028

Camptibia obscura, gen. and sp. n. (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China

Wanzhi CAI1, Masaaki TOMOKUNI2
1 Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing, 100094 China; e-mail: caiwz@cau.edu.cn
2 Department of Zoology, National Science Museum, Tokyo 3-23-1 Hyakunin-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169 Japan; e-mail: tomokuni@kahaku.go.jp

A new harpactorine reduviid, Camptibia obscura, gen. et sp. n., from China is described. A key to related genera is provided. The functional morphology of the fore legs of this species is discussed.

Keywords: Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae, taxonomy, China, new genus, new species, fore legs

Received: June 5, 2002; Revised: July 25, 2002; Accepted: October 17, 2002; Published: March 20, 2003  Show citation

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CAI, W., & TOMOKUNI, M. (2003). Camptibia obscura, gen. and sp. n. (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China. EJE, 100(1), 181-185. doi: 10.14411/eje.2003.028
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