Description of eight new species of the traumatically inseminating plant bug genus Coridromius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Coridromini)

  • Nikolai Juris Tatarnic Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
  • Gerasimos Cassis University of New South Wales
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.35
Keywords: Miridae, plant bug, Coridromini, new species

Abstract

Eight new species of the plant bug genus Coridromius are described: C. basilanus sp. nov. from the Philippines, C. eremnos sp. nov. from Sabah, Malaysia, C. fomangsu sp. nov. and C. tafo sp. nov. from Ghana, C. norfolkensis sp. nov. from Norfolk Island, Australia, C. mulu sp. nov. from Sarawak, Malaysia, C. macchabeeus sp. nov. from Mauritius, and C. taravao sp. nov. from Tahiti, French Polynesia.

Author Biographies

Nikolai Juris Tatarnic, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
I am a Postdoctoral fellow in the Behavioural Ecology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University.
Gerasimos Cassis, University of New South Wales
Gerry Cassis is a Professor of Biology in the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, University of New South Wales

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Published
2013-01-28
How to Cite
Tatarnic, N. J., & Cassis, G. (2013). Description of eight new species of the traumatically inseminating plant bug genus Coridromius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Coridromini). European Journal of Taxonomy, (35). https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2013.35
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No. 35 (2013): Description of eight new species of the traumatically inseminating plant bug genus Coridromius
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Entomology
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