title: Two new species and three new records of the genus Aphelocheirus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae) from China.
abstract: Two new species of the genus Aphelocheirus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae), A. longlingensis sp. nov. from Yunnan and A. motuoensis sp. nov. from Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region are described in this paper. A. similaris Polhemus & Polhemus, 1989, A. nawae Nawa, 1905 and A. tuberculipes Zettel & Tran, 2009 are reported from China for the first time. A key to Chinese species of Aphelocheirus is given. Dorsal habitus photographs of the species are provided, accompanied by illustrations of male genitalic structures, inner projection and female ventral aspect of posterior abdominal segments.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.; Email: tongyinxie@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tong-Yin
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Institute of Entomology, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.; Email: liugq@nankai.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Guo-Qing
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D020062:Heteroptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity