Synonymy of Blepharidopterus ulmi (Knight) with B. diaphanus (Kirschbaum) (Heteroptera: Miridae)

M.D. Schwartz

Abstract. Blepharidopterus diaphanus (Kirschbaum, 1856) is proposed as the senior synonym of B. ulmi (Knight, 1927) and as a result is now recognized as a naturally Holarctic species.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 1998, 7(2): 283–284 ▪ Published in print 27 November 1998

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