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Issue: Vol. 4375 No. 3: 25 Jan. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.9
Page range: 433–440
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Comorocoris from Northern Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae)

Moravian Museum, Department of Entomology, Hviezdoslavova 29a, CZ-627 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
Tiroler Landesmuseum, Josef-Schraffl-Strasse 2a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Carventinae Comorocoris new species aptery Northern Madagascar hemiptera

Abstract

A new species Comorocoris estherineae sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae: Carventinae) from Montagne d’Ambre National Park in Northern Madagascar is described and illustrated. The newly described species is compared and keyed with all three species of Comorocoris Heiss, 1985 known so far.

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