A review of caystrine subgroup caystrus langei breddin (1899) with special reference to the species described by linnavuori i.e., C. hipponax, C. niokanus and C. pseudobrunnescens (hemiptera: pentatomidae: pentatominae) from Ethiopian and palaearctic regions | [International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology • 2011]

Author(s):

1. Muhammad Zahid: Department of Zoology, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi, Pakistan

2. Imtiaz Ahmad: Dr.Afzal Hussain Qadri Biological Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan

Abstract:

The component species of Caystrus langei Breddin subgroup of Caystrus nigriventris Germar of main group including Linnavuori’s species C. hipponax, C. niokanus and C. pseudobrunnescens and C. langei Breddin are briefly described with special reference to their apomorphic characters and comparative note with keys to each other and their phylogenetic relationships are also briefly discussed. It is also shown that langei is not most closely related to either C. deserticolus Lnnavuori or C. trivalis (Gerstaecker).

Page(s): 33-40

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Published: Journal: International Journal of Biology and Biotechnology, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Year: 2011

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