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Issue: Vol. 4282 No. 3: 27 Jun. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.11
Page range: 593–599
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of the phyline plant bug genus Chimairacoris from central Sulawesi, Indonesia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)

Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, c/o Nameshi 2-33-2, Nagasaki 852-8061, Japan.
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
Hemiptera Heteroptera Miridae Phylinae Chimairacoris prodigiosus new species Sulawesi Indonesia

Abstract

The second species of the unique phyline plant bug genus Chimairacoris Yasunaga, Schuh & Cassis is described, on the basis of a male specimen collected from central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The present discovery remarkably expands distribution range of the genus from the Indian subcontinent to Wallacea, or the easternmost part of the Oriental Region. The generic characters are also redefined and discussed.

 

 

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