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' Society12 hours ago

New paper!

Yasunaga T.: "A new genus and species of mirine plant bug endemic to central Honshu, Japan, a region receiving the world’s heaviest snowfall (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini)"

A new species representing a new genus of mirine plant bug, Itoigawacoris venustulus, is diagnosed and described, based
on specimens recently discovered from a geographically unique region of world’s heaviest snowfall along the Fossa
Magna in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. This vernal, endemic mirid was confirmed to be only associated with a Japanese
boxwood, Buxus microphylla, on which the immature forms and adults were observed to co-occur before the spring thaw.
Judging from the male and female genitalic structures, the present new genus is included in ‘Lygus-complex’ and assumed
to be most closely related to Lygocoris Reuter, 1875. Some unknown microstructures found in the late immature forms of
I. venustulus are also reported and discussed.

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International Heteropterists' Society1 day ago

The last paper from the current issue of the Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society:

Yasunaga T.: "A New Genus and Species of the Mirid Subfamily Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Japan, with a Key, Checklist, and New Synonymy for the Japanese Fauna"

A unique isometopine plant bug species representing a new genus, Reometopus kijimura new genus and new species (provisionally belonging to the tribe Myiommini), is described from Okinawa Island, Japan. Paloniella parallela Yasunaga and Hayashi, 2002, is proposed to be synonymized with Isometopus hasegawai Miyamoto, 1965. The Japanese fauna of the subfamily Isometopinae is accordingly updated, and an annotated checklist and a key to genera and species are provided.

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International Heteropterists' Society3 days ago

The fourth paper from the current issue of the Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society:

Peraza-Sánchez A. J. & Brailovsky H.: "Redescription of Spartocera granulata Stål, 1870 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) and Notes on Its Natural History in Costa Rica"

The coreid Spartocera granulata Stål, 1870, is redescribed, providing detailed photographs of adults and genitalia of both sexes for the first time. Images of the type specimen are also provided. Furthermore, the life cycle of this leaf-footed bug, closely associated with plants in the family Convolvulaceae—specifically the genus Ipomoea Linnaeus, 1753—is documented. The eggs and all nymphal stages are described for the first time, accompanied by detailed figures and data on behavior, distribution, seasonality, and host plants.

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