The Entomological Society of America says new insects have been discovered in Belize and Peru, but warns we may soon miss our chance to find other undiscovered bugs. An article entitled “Neotropical genera of Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha): New species of Ambrysus and Procryphocricos from Belize and Peru,” was published in The Annals of the Entomological Society of […]
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