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Types of True Bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) Deposited in the Museo De La Plata, Argentina Zootaxa 3977 (1): 001–101 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Monograph ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2015 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3977.1.1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19EF7607-0D12-4DB0-B269-373A97C3D6ED ZOOTAXA 3977 Types of true bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) deposited in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina MARÍA DEL CARMEN COSCARÓN, CARINA BASSET & NANCY LOPEZ División Entomología, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque s/n, B1900DNG La Plata, Argentina. E-mail: [email protected] Magnolia Press Auckland, New Zealand Accepted by D. Rider: 19 May. 2015; published: 25 Jun. 2015 MARÍA DEL CARMEN COSCARÓN, CARINA BASSET & NANCY LOPEZ Types of true bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) deposited in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina (Zootaxa 3977) 101 pp.; 30 cm. 25 Jun. 2015 ISBN 978-1-77557-733-1 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-734-8 (Online edition) FIRST PUBLISHED IN 2015 BY Magnolia Press P.O. Box 41-383 Auckland 1346 New Zealand e-mail: [email protected] http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ © 2015 Magnolia Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, transmitted or disseminated, in any form, or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher, to whom all requests to reproduce copyright material should be directed in writing. This authorization does not extend to any other kind of copying, by any means, in any form, and for any purpose other than private research use. ISSN 1175-5326 (Print edition) ISSN 1175-5334 (Online edition) 2 · Zootaxa 3977 (1) © 2015 Magnolia Press COSCARÓN ET AL. Table of contents Abstract . .3 Introduction . .3 Materials and methods . .3 Infraorder Enicocephalomorpha . .4 Enicocephalidae . .4 Infraorder Dipsocoromorpha . .4 Schizopteridae . .4 Infraorder Gerromorpha . .4 Gerroidea . .4 Gerridae . .4 Veliidae . .6 Hydrometroidea . .6 Hydrometridae . .6 Infraorder Nepomorpha . .7 Naucoroidea . .7 Naucoridae . .7 Nepoidea . .8 Belostomatidae . .8 Nepidae . .9 Corixoidea . .9 Corixidae . .9 Notonectoidea . .10 Notonectidae . .10 Pleidae . .10 Infraorder Leptopodomorpha . .10 Saldoidea . 11 Saldidae . 11 Infraorder Cimicomorpha . .12 Cimicoidea . .12 Cimicidae . .12 Polyctenidae . .12 Naboidea . .13 Nabidae . .13 Miroidea . ..
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