The broad objectives of the International Heteropterists’ Society (IHS) are to promote systematic, biogeographic, and biological studies of Heteroptera and to cultivate cooperative research among heteropterists throughout the world. The Society is organized and operated exclusively for scientific and educational purposes.

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.

Interested in joining the IHS? Read more about the Society and information on membership. You can also donate to the Student Travel Fund your contribution is very valuable!

We had an excellent presentation about the next Meeting in Thailand during the last Truebug Tuesday.

Follow the link to our Youtube channel to see it, and do not forget to explore the section about the Meeting. If you have any questions, contact the organizer Bob Sites (bugsinbangkok@gmail.com).

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International Heteropterists' Society1 hour ago

New paper!

Menard K. L., & Tatarnic N.: "New Genus and Species of Exocarpocorina (Heteroptera: Miridae) Found on Malvaceae From the Cape Range of Western Australia".

A new genus and species of Exocarpocorina (Phylinae: Semiini) are described from Western Australia on Malvaceae. The combination of its unique head structure, extremely long labium, and shape of the male endosoma makes Schnozimiris maculosus gen. et sp. nov. unlike other described species of Australian Phylinae.

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International Heteropterists' Society1 day ago

New paper!

Taszakowski A. et al.: "Additional contribution to the genus Psallops Usinger (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Psallopinae), with descriptions of three new species".

Three new species of the genus Psallops (Hemiptera: Miridae: Psallopinae) are described from different regions: P. carolinus sp. nov. from Madagascar, P. matarankensis sp. nov. from Australia, and P. ulu sp. nov. from Brunei. Diagnostic characters and illustrations of the male (P. matarankensis sp. nov. and P. ulu sp. nov.) and female (P. carolinus sp. nov.) genitalia are provided. The female genitalia of Psallops are described for the first time. Detailed morphological examination using scanning electron microscopy revealed additional states of several characters recently recognized as taxonomically informative within Psallops. These findings broaden the currently known morphological limits of the genus and further support the taxonomic importance of these characters for future studies on the internal classification of Psallops.

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International Heteropterists' Society4 days ago

New paper!

Schroeder S. & Weirauch C.: "New genera and species of Australian sheoak-associated plant bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini and Semiini)".

To contribute to the documentation of Australian Phylinae, the second largest subfamily of Miridae (>300 species described from Australia), we examined 593 specimens collected from Casuarina Linnaeus, 1759 and Allocasuarina Johnson, 1982 throughout Australia between 1995 and 2004. We here describe 12 new species in the five new genera Swiftiephylus, gen. nov. and Umbraphylus, gen. nov. (Pilophorini) and Casuaphylus, gen. nov., Luxiphylus, gen. nov., and Pseudophytocoris, gen. nov. (Semiini: Exocarpocorina). Decisions on generic and tribal placement were based on morphological data and emerging molecular phylogenetic hypotheses. The similarity in color pattern among the Casuarinaceae-associated Phylinae suggests potential convergent evolution of cryptic coloration for blending with host inflorescences.

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