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Issue: Vol. 2792 No. 1: 16 Mar. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2792.1.2
Page range: 22–32
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 2

New genera and species of Carventinae from New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)

Research Entomologist, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Josef Schraffl Strasse 2a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Hemiptera Heteroptera Aradidae Carventinae new genus new species New Caledonia

Abstract

Only a few taxa of Aradidae were described from the Pacific island of New Caledonia to date. Based on recently collected material, 3 new genera (Kanakaptera n. gen., Rugicarventus n. gen., and Paracaraptera n. gen.) and 7 new species (Ka- nakaptera laticeps n. sp., K. montdoa n. sp., K.heimiana n. sp., K. carininota n. sp.; Rugicarventus pygmaeus n. sp.; Paracaraptera schuhiana n. sp., and Nesiaptera picea n. sp.) are described in this paper. All species are illustrated by colour photographs and a key is provided for the species of Kanakaptera n. gen.

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