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Issue: Vol. 4162 No. 3: 12 Sept. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.8
Page range: 550–558
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 1

Zorotypus weiweii (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae), a new species of angel insects, from Sabah, East Malaysia

Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China
Zoraptera new species Sabah Malaysia

Abstract

A new species of the insect order Zoraptera, Zorotypus weiweii, is described and figured from Sabah, East Malaysia. The new species represents the second angel insect from Borneo. Z. caudelli Karny was also collected near the type locality of Z. weiweii. Methods of specimen collection and a brief note of angel insects in Malaysia were provided based on new materials and biological observations.

 

 

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