Abstract
The fauna of Aradidae or flat bugs of New Guinea Island is still insufficiently explored and studied. Of the largest subfamily of tropical Aradidae, 26 genera are recorded to date from New Guinea Island. Recent examination of macropterous Mezirinae from Papua proved that there is another species belonging to the monotypic genus Dimifaia Kormilev, 1971. This species is described and figured herein as Dimifaia secunda new species.
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