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Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus, 1758) - a new record of firebug (Hemiptera, Pyrrhocoridae) from Malta

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    • Publication Information:
      Entomological Society of Malta
    • Publication Date:
      2019
    • Collection:
      University of Malta: OAR@UM / L-Università ta' Malta
    • Abstract:
      True bugs of the family Pyrrhocoridae, more commonly known as red bugs, cotton stainers or (in the case of Pyrrhocoris apterus) firebugs, are represented by 43 species from 13 genera in the Palaearctic (Aukema & Rieger, 2001). The Heteroptera of the Maltese Islands have been relatively well-studied, with 141 species recorded (Cuesta Segura et al., 2010; Carapezza & Mifsud, 2015; 2016). Of these, only one species belongs to the family Pyrrhocoridae - Scantius aegyptius aegyptius. However, specimens collected in summer of 2018 were confirmed to be Pyrrhocoris apterus, a new Pyrrhocorid record for Malta. ; peer-reviewed
    • Relation:
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45701
    • Accession Number:
      10.17387/BULLENTSOCMALTA.2019.12
    • Online Access:
      https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45701
      https://doi.org/10.17387/BULLENTSOCMALTA.2019.12
    • Rights:
      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.22E5BBA4