title: A new micropterous species of Physoderes from Fiji Islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae).
abstract: Physoderes manni sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Physoderinae) is described from Viti Levu, Fiji and represents the first record of microptery in the subfamily. The relationship of Ph.manni sp. nov. with its congeners, as well as the evolutionary and ecological significance of the micropterous wing condition are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.; Email: lrdreduvius@yahoo.gr.
authors.forename: Leonidas Romanos
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Davranoglou
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D049628:Body Size; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D005367:Fiji; D062312:Islands; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D020064:Reduviidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development