Megadrymus brigalow n.sp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Drymini), a diminutive new species of seed bug from semi-evergreen vine thicket of the Queensland Brigalow Belt

GERASIMOS CASSIS; CELIA L. SYMONDS

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.8

Issue: Vol. 3774 No. 6: 11 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-14

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.6.8

Page range: 596–600

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Megadrymus brigalow n.sp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera:
Rhyparochromidae: Drymini), a diminutive new species of seed bug from semi-evergreen vine thicket of the Queensland Brigalow Belt

GERASIMOS CASSIS⁺⁻
CELIA L. SYMONDS⁺⁻

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052 Australia

Hemiptera Heteroptera Rhyparochromidae Drymini Megadrymus new species vine thicket Australia

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Abstract

Megadrymus brigalow n. sp., a new species of seed bug, is described from semi-evergreen vine thicket in the Brigalow Belt region of Queensland, Australia. This species has the smallest body in the genus Megadrymus Gross and has a number of vestigial characters.