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

• Main Authors: Gerasimos Cassis, Nikolai Juris Tatarnic
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2013-01-01
• Series: European Journal of Taxonomy
• Subjects: Miridae; plant bug; Coridromini; new species
• Online Access: http://www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/157

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