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

Ghate H.V. et al.: "An Apterous Specimen of Guithera feana Distant (Reduviidae: Emesinae: Leistarchini) from Karnataka, India"

A relatively poorly known emesine bug, Guithera feana (Distant, 1903), was recently discovered in Karnataka, India. The original description of this species is based on a macropterous specimen collected from Burma (=Myanmar) and subsequently macropterous specimens were also collected from Siam (=Thailand) and from South India. This study presents the first illustrated description of an apterous male collected from Karnataka State, India.

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Dear fellow heteropterists,

We are pleased to announce that the fourth issue in the second volume of our quarterly Journal of the International Heteropterists’ Society (JIHS) is now available!

https://mapress.com/jihs/issue/view/jihs.2.4

The first published paper:
Dellapé P. M., Melo, M. C.: "Ischnodemus pilcomayo, a New Species from Argentina, and Description of the Male of I. pullus Slater and Wilcox (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Blissidae)"

A new species of the cosmopolitan genus Ischnodemus, I. pilcomayo, new species from the Rio Pilcomayo National Park, Formosa Province, Argentina, and the male of Ischnodemus pullus Slater and Wilcox, 1969 are described, including dorsal and lateral habitus and male genitalia images. Photographs of the female holotype of I. pullus and the macropterous male holotype of Reticulatodemus nitidus Slater and Wilcox, 1966 are given, together with dorsal and lateral habitus images of the brachypterous form of the latter species.

https://mapress.com/jihs/article/view/jihs.2.4.1

New paper!

Novoselska T. & Feldstein-Farkash T.: "First report of Phymatinae and Holoptilinae from the Middle East, with a description of a new species of Putoniola Bergroth (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae) from Israel"

This study presents the first record and a comprehensive review of the Reduviidae subfamilies Phymatinae and Holoptilinae in Israel. The paper provides updated diagnoses, detailed genitalia illustrations and a revised identification key for species of the genus Putoniola Bergroth, 1898 (Holoptilinae), along with description of a new species, Putoniola asvadurovi sp. n. The findings of Phymata (Phymata) monstrosa (Fabricius, 1794) (Phymatinae) in Israel confirm an old Middle Eastern record of the species from ‘Syria’ and considerably extend its previous West Mediterranean distribution. Information on distribution of both species and their biology and host plant associations is provided. Molecular phylogenetic analyses employing COI and 16S mitochondrial genes confirm the broad “Phymatine complex” and successfully integrate the new Putoniola species. We contribute to addressing a critical gap in knowledge of the phylogenetic relationships of tribes within the subfamilies Holoptilinae and Phymatinae, which are not yet fully understood and require further investigation. This is the first mo­lecular study to include Phymata (P.) monstrosa (Phymatinae) and to add Putoniola asvadurovi sp. n. (Holoptilinae), both originating from the Palaearctic Region.

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