A new species and new records of Engytatus from the Hawaiian Islands (Heteroptera, Miridae)

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Engytatus · Topics: Hemiptera Insect Studies, Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies, Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean

Engytatus henryi sp. n. is described from the Waianae Mountains of Oahu. This new species feeds on Abutilon sandwicense (Malvaceae), an endangered understory plant in mesic forests. A dorsal habitus photograph and line drawings of key male genitalic structures are provided for E. henryi, accompanied by a photograph of the host plant. Cyrtopeltis kahakai Asquith is given a new generic assignment as Engytatus kahakai (Asquith) new combination, and additional locality and host-plant records are provided for four other Hawaiian endemic Engytatus species.

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