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Published: 2008-02-27
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New species of Nesocricos and Tanycricos (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae: Cheirochelinae: Tanycricini) in the mountains of West Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Enns Entomology Museum, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri 65211, U.S.A
Basic Entomology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia
Hemiptera Insecta new species distribution Naucoridae New Guinea Indonesia

Abstract

Two new species of Tanycricini are described from mountain streams of Indonesian New Guinea. Both species were collected at 1,348 m elevation from Ingging River in West Papua. Nesocricos ingging Sites n.sp. was represented by macropterous and submacropterous forms. Tanycricos inequalis Sites n.sp. was represented by macropterous and brachypterous forms. Nesocricos evops La Rivers is reported from the Baliem Valley of Indonesian New Guinea.

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