Curaliidae, a new family of heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) from the Eastern United States

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-29

  Schuh, Randall T ^a   Weirauch, Christiane ^a,b   Henry, Thomas J ^c   Halbert, Susan E ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cimicomorpha; Curalium; Heteroptera; New genus; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PREDATOR; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CIMICOMORPHA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; JOPPEICIDAE; REDUVIOIDEA; VELOCIPEDIDAE;

EID: 39049139304     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[20:CANFOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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