Big-eyed bugs of the Malagasy Region (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae)
Abstract
A synopsis of the geocorine true bugs distributed in the Malagasy biogeographic region is presented, including the description Geocoris (Piocoris) petofii sp. n. and proposal of the new synonymy Geocoris (Geocoris) insularis China, 1955 = Geocoris (Geocoris) pallidipennis mauritii Stål, 1854. Keys, diagnoses, taxonomic notes, and distribution data for discussed species are provided.
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