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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!

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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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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New paper!

Kim J., Gim Y. & Hartung V.: "Type-based redescription and lectotype designation of Phaenacantha (Phaenacantha) sedula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Colobathristidae)".

Phaenacantha sedula Horváth, 1904 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Colobathristidae) is redescribed based on the examination of the type series deposited in two institutional collections. A lectotype is designated and the remaining syntypes are recognized as paralectotypes to establish nomenclatural stability of the species and clarify its type locality. Male genitalia are described and figured for the first time, and a revised diagnosis is provided based on direct examination of Horváth’s original material. The present study stabilizes the taxonomic concept of P. sedula and provides a foundation for future studies of the genus Phaenacantha Horváth, 1904.

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International Heteropterists' Society1 week ago
New paper!

Yasunaga T., Oh M.S., Lee S.: "A new genus Velutinomiris for the Oriental-Wallacean mirine plantbugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae), with descriptions offive new species".

Velutinomiris, a new genus of the mirine plant bug (Mirinae: Mirini) ranging from the Oriental Regionto Wallacea, is proposed to accommodate five new species, namely, V. aungsani, new species (Shan, Myanmar),V. makassar, new species (South Sulawesi, Indonesia), V. palawanus, new species (Palawan, Philippines), V.phorcopterus, new species (Luzon, Philippines), and V. taiwanicus, new species (Taiwan, including the LanyuIslands). These new taxa are considered representatives of the Adelphocoris Adelphocorisella-Phytocoris group,and their taxonomic positions are discussed. A key is provided to distinguish all congeners of our new genus.

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New paper!

Chen Z. et al.: "Molecular phylogenetics provides insights into biogeography and character evolution in the assassin bug tribe Saicini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)".

Reduviidae (assassin bugs) are a species-rich group of terrestrial predatory insects, exhibiting remarkable diversity in foreleg morphology. The tribe Saicini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) displays various morphological modifications of the foreleg. Although the definition and classification of Saicini have undergone considerable changes in recent years, the higher-level phylogeny and evolutionary history of the tribe remain poorly understood. Here, we generated a molecular dataset for Saicini to investigate its phylogeny, historical biogeography and foreleg character evolution. Our phylogenetic results corroborate the monophyly of Saicini and its two subtribes, Saicina and Tagalina, and reveal two new genera: Montopolytoxus gen. n. and Webbisaica gen. n. Molecular dating and biogeographic analyses suggest that the crown group of Saicini originated in the Late Cretaceous (ca. 72.05 Ma), followed by multiple transcontinental dispersal events that shaped the current tropicopolitan distribution of the tribe. Ancestral state reconstruction of six foreleg characters indicates that the ancestral Saicini possessed a moderately elongate procoxa, a curved protibia and a short protarsomere I. The presence of tuberculate setae on the foreleg is inferred to be the ancestral condition for Tagalina.

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