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Issue: Vol. 2543 No. 1: 21 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2543.1.5
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 3

Teabooma secunda (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae)—a new species of a New Caledonian endemic genus, with a redescription of T. princeps Distant

Department of Biosystematics, Opole University, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland
Department of Biosystematics, Opole University, Oleska 22, 45-052 Opole, Poland
Hemiptera Taxonomy endemic genus new species redescription new records New Caledonia

Abstract

Teabooma secunda sp. nov., the second species of a New Caledonian endemic genus, is described, illustrated, and compared with T. princeps Distant, 1914. Additionally, the latter is redescribed on the basis of its lectotype and seven other specimens.

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