Germalus montandoni Bergroth, 1916

Kóbor, Péter, 2020, An overview of the big-eyed bug fauna of French Polynesia (Heteroptera Lygaeoidea: Geocoridae), Zootaxa 4743 (3), pp. 359-370 : 367

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.3.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9C451DB1-794E-4D22-A425-C9BD9697CB56

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3691562

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038DDF1D-FFB7-FF80-9FDA-80E1FA6BFA00

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scientific name

Germalus montandoni Bergroth, 1916
status

 

Germalus montandoni Bergroth, 1916 View in CoL

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LSID: http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:488781

Material studied. Holotype: “Nouméa / N. Caledonie / Delauney// Neogermalus/ Montandon type 1913 / membranaeus/ Montrouz./ det. Montandon 1913.” (♂, HNHM)

Further material: “Tahiti, Sainte Amélie, 2017. 08. 26., A vue, Leg. T. Ramage” (♀, PCTR)

Diagnosis. Ochraceous species with brownish punctures and decoration. Labial through partly closed with suture reaching base of head. Pronotal callosities fused. Arms of scutellar trifurcate carina interrupted by punctures. Corium with unique, S-shaped punctation. MTSEA with peritremal surface shortened, reduced.

Distribution. Species known as endemic to New Caledonia. This is the first case of recording it from another region.

Remarks. The occurrence of the species is suspected to be a case of human-mediated accidental introduction.

HNHM

Hungarian Natural History Museum (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum)

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

SuperFamily

Lygaeoidea

Family

Geocoridae

Genus

Germalus

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