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Issue: Vol. 4657 No. 2: 19 Aug. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-08-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.2.10
Page range: 377–384
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 2

Notes on the genus Kosmiomiris Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Miridae: Hyalopeplini) with description of a new species

Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Universiti, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam.
Ulu Ulu Resort, Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei Darussalam
Laboratory of Systematic Entomology, Department of Applied Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
Hemiptera Miridae Hyalopeplini Kosmiomiris new species

Abstract

A new species of the hyalopepline genus Kosmiomiris is described, Kosmiomiris carvalhoi Kim & Jung sp. nov. Morphological information including diagnoses, descriptions of new species, and re-description of K. rubroornatus and biological notes are presented with photographs. Female genitalia of two species in this genus is described for the first time. A key to the Kosmiomiris species is also provided.

 

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