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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!

The fifth issue of Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society (JIHS) has been published!

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The Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society (JIHS) publishes manuscripts of high scientific quality on heteropteran systematics, taxonomy, morphology, biodiversity, biogeography, natural history, and conservation biology

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International Heteropterists' Society5 hours ago
New paper!

Santos-Silva F. et al. "Environmental thresholds of semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) as an indicator of environmental change in Amazon streams"

Freshwater ecosystems under the influence of human activities are subject to multiple environmental stressors that lead to biodiversity loss and habitat modification. In recent years, various organisms have been used as bioindicators to detect environmental changes by their ability to perceive changes in community attributes. A good example is the semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera, infra order Gerromorpha) that act as predators and are sensitive to subtle changes in environmental conditions. Our research aimed to investigate the responses of Gerromorpha communities, genera, and species along an environmental gradient in 45 Amazon streams. The environmental gradient was assessed utilizing the Habitat Integrity Index (HII) across the sampled streams, yielding a collection of 2.212 specimens representing three families, seven genera, and 36 species. The habitat integrity, represented by the HII, showed a positive relationship between species richness and the richness of genera of Gerromorpha, underscoring that both species and genera respond to environmental change in the analyzed habitats. Brachymetra lata (Gerridae), Rhagovelia jubata, and R. elegans (Veliidae) were the most sensitive taxa with a positive relationship to HII. Streams characterized by higher anthropogenic disturbance and reduced riparian vegetation were associated with a biodiversity pattern marked by increased abundance and frequency of generalist species and reduced genus frequency within the Veliidae family. We hope that the results of this study will contribute to future biomonitoring programs in response to habitat and species loss, aiming to assist decision-making to protect and restore riparian vegetation areas.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-024-13591-1
International Heteropterists' Society
International Heteropterists' Society5 days ago
The last paper from the current issue of the Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society:

Yasunaga T. & Wolski A.: "Review of the Fungal-Inhabiting Plant Bugs of the Subfamily Cylapinae in Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae), with Descriptions of a New Genus and Three New Species".

The Japanese fauna of the plant bug subfamily Cylapinae is reviewed and updated. Based on recently accumulated cylapine specimens from southwestern Japan including the Ryukyus, the following new genus and new species have been established and are herein described: Wolskicoris Yasunaga, new genus; Fulvius reoi Yasunaga and Wolski, new species; Peritropis akitai Yasunaga and Wolski, new species; and Wolskicoris quadrinotatus Yasunaga and Wolski, new species. Two known species, Fulvius niveonotatus Yasunaga, 2000 and Yamatofulvius sinuicornis Yasunaga, 2000, are herein transferred to Wolskicoris new genus and Rhinocylapidius Poppius, 1915, respectively. Two new combinations, W. niveonotatus (Yasunaga), new combination and R. sinuicornis (Yasunaga), new combination are accordingly proposed. An updated checklist and key to tribes, genera, and species are provided to aid in the identification of the Japanese Cylapinae. A teratological antennomere found in a new species, Peritropis akitai, is also documented.

https://mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.1.4
International Heteropterists' Society
International Heteropterists' Society7 days ago
Next paper from the JIHS!

Kim J. et al.: "A Catalogue of the Subfamily Mirinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of Vietnam".

This paper provides the first annotated catalogue of the plant bug subfamily Mirinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) from Vietnam. A total of four tribes, 30 genera, and 39 species are recognized and catalogued. For each species, brief information is provided on its distribution, host plant and dorsal habitus.

https://mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.1.3
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