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Type: Article
Published: 2013-11-04
Page range: 63–71
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Two new species of Metrocoris Mayr (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from India

Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, India
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, India
Halobatinae Nicobar Islands Meghalaya

Abstract

Metrocoris morsei sp. nov., and Metrocoris shillongensis sp. nov., are described from India and compared with known congeners. Metrocoris morsei sp. nov. from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (GNBR), Nicobar Islands, cannot be assigned to any of the known species groups of Metrocoris, so it forms the Metrocoris morsei-group. M. shillongensis sp. nov. from Shillong, Meghalaya, belongs to the M. obscurus-species group and is the second species in this group. The distribution maps of these two new species are given.