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Abstract

The taxonomic history of the subfamily Cyclopidinae and its status in relation to the name Heteropterinae is discussed. The New World genera included in the Cyclopidinae are summarized, and defining characters for each genus are reviewed. A new genus and species of Cyclopidinae is described from Ecuador.

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Clasificación

bosque mesófilo de montaña

distribución

hespéridos

nomenclatura

páramo

taxonomía

Classification

cloud forest

distribution

nomenclature

paramo

skippers

taxonomy

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