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Issue: Vol. 3003 No. 1: 25 Aug. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3003.1.3
Page range: 43–54
Abstract views: 33
PDF downloaded: 16

Three new species of Cleradini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae)

Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield Centre, Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre, Vic. 3156, Australia La Trobe University, Bundoora, Vic. 3086, Australia
Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield Centre, Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre, Vic. 3156, Australia
Hemiptera Taxonomy new taxa descriptions diagnoses distribution Tasmania

Abstract

Neoclerada parainsulicola sp. nov., Paramahisa kununurraensis sp. nov., and Laticlerada tasmanica sp. nov., have been described and illustrated. Cleradini are generally found in tropical habitats; the first two new species are described from tropical northern Australia, whereas the last species is the first record of Cleradini for cool temperate Tasmania.

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