El género Astemma con descripción de especies nuevas (Hemipteria - Heteroptera-Largidae)

Abstract

THE GENUS ASTEMMA LEPELETIER Y SERVILLE IS REVISED. IT CONSISTS OF SIX ESPECIES, THREE OF THESE COLLECTED IN VENEZUELA, BRASIL, PERU AND BOLIVIA, WERE NEW TAXA TO SCIENCE; A KEY FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE SPECIES IS INCLUDED AND THE GENUS IS CONSIDERED TO BE OF NEOTROPICAL ORIGIN.