The new eccritotarsine plant bug Pycnoderiella insularis, n. sp., is described from Cuba and Jamaica and compared with the type species of Pycnoderiella Henry, P. virginiana Henry, known from only a restricted coastal area of Virginia, in the eastern United States. Color dorsal and lateral adult images, illustrations of male genitalia, and a key are provided to facilitate recognition. The relationship of Pycnoderiella with other New World eccritotarsine Bryocorinae is discussed.
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1 July 2009
A New Species of Pycnoderiella (Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsinae) from the West Indies
THOMAS J. HENRY
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Cuba
Hemiptera
Insecta
Jamaica
new species
relationships