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Kleidocerys ovalis Barber, 1953

CollectionObject 1597003; 14775b18-c2e6-4ae4-924d-b4c6513b5a7b: Kleidocerys ovalis HOLOTYPE (NMNH) - (CC BY-NC 3.0) - Photo by Pablo M. Dellapé with permission from the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597003; 14775b18-c2e6-4ae4-924d-b4c6513b5a7b: Kleidocerys ovalis HOLOTYPE (NMNH) - (CC BY-NC 3.0) - Photo by Pablo M. Dellapé with permission from the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597003; 14775b18-c2e6-4ae4-924d-b4c6513b5a7b: Kleidocerys ovalis - Holotype Labels (NMNH) - (CC BY-NC 3.0) - Photo by Pablo M. Dellapé with permission from the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Kleidocerys ovalis Barber, 1953

    Holotype; male; 14775b18-c2e6-4ae4-924d-b4c6513b5a7b; United States: New Hampshire: Benton

  • Kleidocerys ovalis Barber, 1953 in Slater, 1964: 358.
  • Kleidocerys ovalis Barber, 1953 in Ashlock & Slater, 1988: 189.
  • Kleidocerys ovalis Barber, 1953 in Vetter & Hawks, 2000: 382-383.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Ashlock, P.D. & Slater, A. (1988) Family Lygaeidae Schilling, 1829 (= Infericornes Amyot and Serville, 1843< Myodochidae Kirkaldy, 1899< Geocoridae Kirkaldy, 1902). In Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill Publ., Leiden and New York. pp. 167–245.
  • Barber, H.G. (1953) A revision of the genus Kleidocerys Stephens in the United States (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 55, 273–283.
  • Slater, J.A. (1964) A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 2 Vols. U. Connecticut. Storrs. 1688 pp. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World.
  • Vetter, R.S. & Hawks, D.C. (2000) Heat relief behavior by Kleidocerys ovalis (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in urban southern California. 111(5), 382–384.

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