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Issue: Vol. 4286 No. 2: 30 Jun. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-06-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.2.11
Page range: 285–290
Abstract views: 78
PDF downloaded: 57

Zorotypus asymmetricus sp. nov. from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo (Insecta: Zoraptera)

Polyneoptera Research Group, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
Zoraptera Zorotypidae new species Borneo Indomalayan region

Abstract

A new species of Zoraptera from Borneo is described and figured. Zorotypus asymmetricus sp. nov. was discovered in lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in Ulu Temburong, Brunei Darussalam. The species represents the third known species occurring on Borneo and it can be easily distinguished from others by the asymmetrical cerci: the right cercus is strongly enlarged and curved.

 

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