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New and little known West African Miridae (Capsidae) (Hemiptera Heteroptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

W. E. China
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The following descriptions are based on material collected by Mr. H. E. Box in the Gold Coast, during his work on insect pests of the cocoa plantations, and submitted to me for identification by the Imperial Institute of Entomology. Owing to war-time difficulties in obtaining various scientific journals, it is not always possible to make certain that a species is undescribed, so that although Mr. Box has collected several others which may be new, they have not been described here for that reason. The species now dealt with, however, are of particular interest either from the point of view of new distribution or from remarkable structure or striking colouration. Type specimens are preserved in the British Museum.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , July 1944 , pp. 171 - 191
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1944

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References

* The Bryocorinid genus Monalocoris, Dahlbom 1850, is represented in Madeira by M. parvulus, Reut.

* See note under Chamus boxi, sp. nov. page 181.

* I have not seen Monalocoropsis, Popp., and the differential characters here are based on Poppius' description. It is possible that these two genera are synonymous.

* Dedicated to W. L. Distant, my predecessor at the Museum and the author of the typical species, in recognition of his extensive work on the Hemiptera.