Chilocoris nitidus Mayr, 1865, the first Oriental burrower bug recorded in Tajikistan, with remarks on the zoogeography of the nitidus-group of Chilocoris Mayr, and an annotated checklist of Tajik Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera).

First cave records for Palearctic burrower bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from Tajikistan, with a checklist of the World Cydnidae associated with caves.

First record of Megacydnus secundus J. A. Lis, 2002, a representative of Afrotropical endemic burrower bug genus from Uganda, and an annotated checklist of Ugandan Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera).

The Cydnidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea) is a true bug family with almost 700 species distributed worldwide (Lis 1996, 1999, 2006). These bugs usually dig in the ground (e.g., sand, soil, litter) and, therefore, are commonly known as the burrower bugs or burrowing bugs. Digging in the ground is possible because of several morphological adaptations, including well-developed tibial co...

A molecular phylogeny of the pan-tropical pond skater genus Limnogonus Stål 1868 (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Gerromorpha-Gerridae).

We investigated phylogenetic relationships among pond skaters (Heteroptera: Gerridae) of the genus Limnogonus Stål 1868 by performing separate and combined parsimony analyses of DNA sequences from three mitochondrial (COI+II, 16SrRNA) and one nuclear (28SrRNA) gene(s). The taxon sample represented almost two thirds of the known diversity, and with most taxa represented by two or more individual...

Checklist, taxonomy and distribution of the Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) of the Americas.

The genus Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 is distributed worldwide, especially in the Tropics, and contains 184 species in the Americas, which are listed and included in complexes or grades, and in 18 species groups. Geographical distributions and altitudinal ranges are presented for each species. A new synonym is proposed, and some biogeographical aspects of the genus are analyzed, such as its distinct ...

Description and DNA barcoding of Ochetostethomorpha secunda, a new species of the South African endemic burrower bug genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from Namibia.

Ochetostethomorpha secunda sp. nov. from Namibia, the second species of the South African endemic genus is described, illustrated, and compared with O. nollothensis Schumacher, 1913. The new species is the third of the subfamily Sehirinae known from Namibia. Moreover, a DNA barcode sequence was generated for this new species (827 bp of cytochrome oxidase I) and was deposited in GenBank.