<strong>Meschiidae, a new family of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from India and Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species </strong>

M. B. MALIPATIL

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.4

Issue: Vol. 3815 No. 2: 13 Jun. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2013-06-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.4

Page range: 233–248

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Meschiidae, a new family of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from India and Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species

M. B. MALIPATIL⁺⁻

Department of Environment and Primary Industries, AgriBio, 5 Ring Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia. La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia

Meschia Neomeschia new taxa type specimens redescriptions keys figures diagnoses distribution family placement Heterogastridae Pachygronthidae

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Abstract

Meschiidae fam. nov. is erected for the genera Meschia Distant, 1910, containing four species: M. pugnax Distant, 1910 and M. quadrimaculata Distant, 1910 from India, M. woodwardi Scudder, 1957 from Queensland, Australia, and M. barrowensis sp. nov. from Barrow Island, Western Australia, and the related Neomeschia gen. nov. with type species N. queenslandensis sp. nov. from Queensland, Australia. A key to all Australian species and genera is provided. Redescriptions are provided for Meschia, its type species M. pugnax, and M. woodwardi. Relationships, and reasons for the new family placement of Meschia, are discussed.