A new species of the genus Alienates Barber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Enicocephalidae: Alienatinae) from Venezuela

Abstract

New species Alienates thomasi sp. nov. Banar & Stys is described from Venezuela based on a single female.

It is the first species recorded from South America, and is illustrated and compared with other Caribbean and Central American Alienates species.

Keywords

• Heteroptera
• Enicocephalomorpha
• Enicocephalidae
• Alienatinae
• Alienates
• new species
• female
• Venezuela