Two new Chelonocoris species from Borneo and Sumatra (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae)

  • Tamás Vásárhelyi Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13., Hungary
Keywords: Keywords: Chelonocoris, flat bugs, taxonomy, habitus photo, sexual dimorphism

Abstract

Chelonocoris bakonyii sp. n. from Borneo (East Malaya) and Ch. heissi sp. n. from Sumatra (Indonesia) is described on the basis of male specimens. The female holotype of C. usingeri Kormilev, 1956 from Borneo is depicted. With 19 figures.

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Published
2023-12-20
How to Cite
VásárhelyiT. (2023). Two new Chelonocoris species from Borneo and Sumatra (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Aradidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 69(4), 413–421. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.69.4.413.2023