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Issue: Vol. 5382 No. 1: 7 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5382.1.7
Page range: 43-54
Abstract views: 151
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The New Caledonian endemic geocorine bug genus, Nannogermalus is not monotypic anymore (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae)

Plant Protection Institute; HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research; 15 Herman Ottó Street; H-1022 Budapest; Hungary; Department of Integrated Plant Protection; Institute of Plant Protection; Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences (MATE);1 Páter Károly. Street; Gödöllő; H-2100; Hungary
Hemiptera Geocorinae big-eyed bugs New Caledonia endemism new species

Abstract

Three new species of the big-eyed bug genus Nannogermalus Kondorosy & Kóbor, 2020 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae: Geocorinae) are now described: N. herczeki sp. nov., N. pallgergelyi sp. nov. and N. webbi sp. nov. Additions and corrections to the generic description of the genus were made based on the newly acquired morphological knowledge. Key, diagnoses and distribution data for new species of the genus are provided. Ecological notes are given based on collection site data and literature regarding other geocorid taxa.

 

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