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Illustrated catalog of primary types of plant bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) at the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: The insect collection at the St. Petersburg Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (ZISP) is one of the largest in the world, housing over 20 million curated specimens. This catalog documents the holotypes and lectotypes of plant bugs (family Miridae Hahn, 1833) deposited at ZISP. It includes data on 384 holotypes, 195 lectotypes, and one syntype from all currently recognized subfamilies. High-resolution images of habitus and labels are provided for each specimen, with more than 1700 images made available through Zenodo.

Source: European Journal of Taxonomy

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.1032.3137

Authors: Fedor Konstantinov, Vladimir Neimorovets

Institutions: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute

Language: English

Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7117574470

FWCI: 0.958

Cites: 52

Cited by: 1

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