Dismegistus costalis
| Dismegistus costalis | |
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| Dismegistus costalis from Shewa, Ethiopia. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Parastrachiidae |
| Genus: | Dismegistus |
| Species: | D. costalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dismegistus costalis Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849 | |
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Dismegistus costalis is a species of true bug in the family Parastrachiidae. It was described by Reiche and Fairmaire in 1849.[1]
Distribution
Published records summarized in a 2025 checklist report Dismegistus costalis from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Senegal, and South Africa. The checklist noted that the identity of species in the genus and their distributional records require revision.[1]
References
- 1 2 Kment, Petr; Lis, Jerzy A. (2025). "Dismegistus madagascariensis sp. nov., the first representative of the family Parastrachiidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) in Madagascar". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 72 (2): 505–516. doi:10.3897/dez.72.161108.
External links
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