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Description of Brontostoma doughertyae n. sp. and a comparative morphological study with B. rubrum (Amyot & Serville, 1843) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae)

Brontostoma doughertyae n. sp. (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Ectrichodiinae), from Espírito Santo and Bahia States, Brazil is described based on male specimens. A comparative analysis between the phallic structures of Brontostoma rubrum (Amyot & Serville, 1843) and B. doughertyae sp. nov. is presented. Three structures are important to distinguish them: the gonoporal process (PrG); support of the phallosoma (SPh) and the phallosoma (Ph). A key for the brazilian species of Brontostoma is presented.

Comparative morphology; phallic structures; species list; synonyms; Brontostoma


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