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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.9
Page range: 123–130
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A remarkable new plant bug genus and species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Deraocorinae) from the Australian wet tropics

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. P.O. Box: 41635-1314.
Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Heteroptera Miridae Deraocorinae taxonomy Australia

Abstract

A new genus and new species of deraeocorine plant bug, Kalamemiris gen. nov. and Kalamemiris collessi sp. nov., is described from Australia. Illustrations of male genitalia, scanning electron micrographs of key characters of the male and female habitus, as well as male genitalic characters are provided. The diagnosis of the new genus is made in comparison to other deraeocorines of the Australian biogeographic region.

 

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