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The Society holds a meeting every four years at locations around the world, where members give presentations on their work and discuss the directions of the Society. The Society’s website provides an online portal for distribution of information about bugs, including a world bibliography, taxon pages, and membership details.

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Yasunaga T.: "New species of the plant bug genus Neolygus Knight from Japan, Taiwan and Thailand (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini)"

Ten new species of the Holarctic-Oriental mirine genus Neolygus Knight are documented, on the basis of specimens collected from eastern Asia and the Oriental Region: N. autumnus n. sp., N. chichibumontis n. sp., N. chikanoshima n. sp., N. hasegawai n. sp. and N. yonanus n. sp. (Japan); N. babai n. sp., N. formosaroseus n. sp., N. fuscovultus n. sp. and N. rufifemoratus n. sp. (Taiwan); and N. chaiyaphum n. sp. (Thailand). The generic characters are discussed, and a Japanese taxon, Neolygus tsugaruensis (Yasunaga, 1992), is herein proposed as a junior synonym of N. roseus (Yasunaga, 1991). Updated key to Japanese species and checklist of the Old World congeners are also provided.

New species of the plant bug genus Neolygus Knight from Japan, Taiwan and Thailand (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini) | Zootaxa

Ten new species of the Holarctic-Oriental mirine genus Neolygus Knight are documented, on the basis of specimens collected from eastern Asia and the Oriental Region: N. autumnus n. sp., N. chichibumontis n. sp., N. chikanoshima n. sp., N. hasegawai n. sp. and N. yonanus n. sp. (Japan); N. babai n. s...

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Next paper published in the second issue of The Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society (JIHS):

Knudson A.H. & Rider D.A.: "Taxonomic Review of the Genus Eurypharsa Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)"

The genus Eurypharsa Stål 1873 is reviewed. Tingis circumdata Blanchard 1842 [not 1847] has priority over Tingis nobilis Guérin-Méneville 1844 and is transferred to Eurypharsa. Eurypharsa phyllophila Drake 1922 is subjectively synonymized with Eurypharsa circumdata [new combination, revised status]. Herein we designate lectotypes for Tingis circumdata and Eurypharsa quadrifenestrata Bergroth 1898, present the first identification key to the species of Eurypharsa, and provide differential diagnoses for all known species. We also report Eurypharsa championi Bergroth 1922, from Bolivia, E. circumdata from Costa Rica and Trinidad, and E. fenestrata Champion 1898a, from Costa Rica and Ecuador for the first time.

Taxonomic Review of the Genus Eurypharsa Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) | Journal of the International Heteropterists' Society

The genus Eurypharsa Stål 1873 is reviewed. Tingis circumdata Blanchard 1842 [not 1847] has priority over Tingis nobilis Guérin-Méneville 1844 and is transferred to Eurypharsa. Eurypharsa phyllophila Drake 1922 is subjectively synonymized with Eurypharsa circumdata [new combination, revised statu...

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Next paper published in the second issue of The Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society (JIHS):

Henry T.J.: "Descriptions of Four New Western Hemisphere Palm Bugs (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae: Xylastodorinae): A New Species of Xylastodoris from Haiti and Two Remarkable New Genera, One with Two New Species from Ecuador, and One with A New Species from Peru"

Four new Western Hemisphere xylastodorine palm bugs (Thaumastocoridae: Xylastodorinae) are recognized. Neolatebracoris new genus is described to accommodate Neolatebracoris erwini new species from Peru; Xylastodoris cornutus new species is described from specimens intercepted at Miami, Florida, from Haiti; and Xylastotylus new genus is described to accommodate Xylastotylus emarginatus new species (as the type species) and X. minutus new species from Ecuador. Dorsal and lateral habitus and available genital capsule images, diagnoses, and descriptions are provided for each new genus and species. Relationships and biogeography of the new taxa are discussed, and revised keys to the New World genera of the subfamily and the species of Xylastodoris and Xylastotylus are provided.

Descriptions of Four New Western Hemisphere Palm Bugs (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae: Xylastodorinae): A New Species of Xylastodoris from Haiti and Two Remarkable New Genera, One with Two New Species from Ecuador, and One with A New Species from...

Four new Western Hemisphere xylastodorine palm bugs (Thaumastocoridae: Xylastodorinae) are recognized. Neolatebracoris new genus is described to accommodate Neolatebracoris erwini new species from Peru; Xylastodoris cornutus new species is described from specimens intercepted at Miami, Florida, from...

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