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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.

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

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International Heteropterists' Society1 day ago
Fifth paper from the current issue of Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society:

Minghetti E. et al.: "Improving the Knowledge of the Pest Scaptocoris castanea Perty (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae), Further Information for its Early Detection and Prevention Based on Ecological Niche Modeling".

Scaptocoris castanea Perty is an important soil-borne pest that attacks roots of various crops in all its stages. In South America it is widely distributed and in North America there are two isolated records registered more than 40 years ago. Early detection and prevention are key features for pest management; therefore, having a detailed understanding of the life cycle and knowing how to identify all the stages of the invader is essential. Despite the importance of S. castanea in agriculture, there are no descriptions or illustrations to aid the identification of its nymphs so here we describe and illustrate the fifth instar. To prevent its expansion it is important to know where the species is and where it could get established. We explored if the North American records might belong to established populations and two possible scenarios could have occur either they were accidental catches or they belong to established populations adapted to novel climates as they are in regions where the environmental conditions are outside the range of those where the species is established. The regions we identified where it could get established and preventive actions should be taken are in Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru. Finally, the extent of the regions it could invade in the next two decades are very different depending on the capacity of the species to adapt to novel climates.

International Heteropterists' Society
International Heteropterists' Society3 days ago
Another paper from the current issue of JIHS:

Carpintero D.L. et al.: "Three New Species of the Genus Mendozaphylus Carvalho and Carpintero (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), with Discussion of Its Tribal Placement and a New Generic Synonym".

The genus Mendozaphylus Carvalho and Carpintero, 1991, endemic to Argentina, is reviewed. Mendozaphylus payuniense new species from Mendoza, M. similaris new species from Salta, and M. volckmannii new species from Neuquén are described as new. The nominal genus Ampimpacoris Weirauch and Schuh, 2010 is synonymized with Mendozaphylus, resulting in the following new combination: Mendozaphilus flourensii (Weirauch and Schuh, 2010), new combination. Mendozaphylus flourensii from Tucuman and M. mendocinus Carvalho and Carpintero, 1991, the type species from Mendoza, are briefly redescribed, and the tribal placement of Mendozaphylus is discussed.

https://mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.1.4.4
International Heteropterists' Society
International Heteropterists' Society5 days ago
Next paper in JIHS:

Melo M.C. and Dellapé P.M.: "New Combination in the Genus Parvacinocoris (Heteroptera: Largidae), with Description of the Male of P. podalicus (Brailovsky)"

The species Acinocoris podalicus Brailovsky is transferred to the genus Parvacinocoris Melo and Dellapé, P. podalicus, new combination. Illustrations of the general morphology and male genitalia, a description of the male, and a key to the species of Parvacinocoris are given as well.

https://mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.1.4.2
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