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 day ago

New paper!

Yin J.-D., Bu W.-J. & Xie Q.: "The oldest fossil record of jump tree bug from mid-Cretaceous amber (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae)"

A new tribe Cretaloxini tribe. nov. of jumping tree bugs is established for the fossil Cretaloxus wanae gen. et sp. nov., a well-preserved specimen from mid-Cretaceous amber. This taxon is classified within the subfamily Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) and represents the oldest fossil record of Isometopinae found so far from northern Myanmar as well as the whole world. High-resolution habitus photographs of the female holotype (Cretaloxus wanae gen. et sp. nov.) are provided. The new species can be placed in Isometopinae by the following characters: the ocelli present and antennal fossa situated below compound eyes. The fossil serves as a critical source of morphological data, offering novel insights for analyzing the phylogenetic relationships within Miridae through external characters. Specifically, this mid-Cretaceous Burmese fossil may preserve an early morphological stage of Isometopinae, offering key evidence for reconstructing the initial diversification of Miridae.

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International Heteropterists' Society6 days ago

New paper!

Zhang T. et al.: "Parayangiella, A New Genus of Mezirinae from China (Hemiptera: Aradidae)"

This paper describes a new genus of Aradidae from China: Parayangiella gen. n., with its type species Parayangiella latiovatusa sp. n. Their diagnostic morphological characteristics are presented with illustrations, and molecular analyses are conducted. In addition, based on the sequence data of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), this study employed two methods—maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI)—to construct the phylogenetic tree. The results are as follows: The mitochondrial genome of Parayangiella latiovatusa is a closed circular double-stranded structure, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, a control region, 22 tRNA genes and 2 rRNA genes, which is consistent with most species in the family Aradidae. The mitochondrial genome of Parayangiella latiovatusa sp. n. exhibits AT skew. The phylogenetic tree construction results show that Parayangiella latiovatusa sp. n. and the genus Yangiella form a sister group.

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International Heteropterists' Society1 week ago

New paper!

Yasunaga T. & Mashima G.: "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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