PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



by the 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Vol. 104 Washington : 1955 No. 3348 



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NEOTROPICAL MIRIDAE, LXV: NEW GENERA AND 

 SPECIES OF BUGS OF THE TRIBE TERMATOPHYL- 

 INI (HEMIPTERA: DERAEOCORINAE) 



By Jose C. M. Carvalho ^ 



Through the courtesy of Dr. Reece I. Sailer I was able to study some 

 specimens of mirids in the collection of the U. S. National Museum, 

 among which were the new genera and species of Termatophylini 

 described in this paper. 



The Termatophylini, recently brought within the Miridae as a tribe 

 of Deraeocorinae (Carvalho, Anais Acad. Brasileira Cienc, vol. 24, 

 pt. 1, p. 31, 1952) were represented in the Neotropical region only by 

 the genus Termatophylidea Reuter and Poppius (Of v. Finska Vet.- 

 Soc. Forh., vol. 54a, pt. 1, p. 4, 1912). Two new genera and four new 

 species are added here. 



Termatophyloides, new genus 



Deraeocorinae, Termatophylini. General aspect small, elongate, 

 ovoid with head drawn to a point apically; smooth, densely, long and 

 erected pilose. 



• Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow, 1953. Additional 

 help granted by the Brazilian National Research Council. 



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