Notes on plant bugs from New Caledonia with descriptions of two new species of the genus Bolbomiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)

Pages	95–104
DOI	10.37520/aemnp.2025.008
Keywords	Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Deraeocorinae, Hyaliodini, biodiversity, hot spot, new species, scopula, taxonomy, true bugs, New Caledonia, Australian Region
Type of Article	Peer-reviewed
Citation	GIERLASIŃSKI, Grzegorz, DOBOSZ, Roland, POŹNIAK, Aleksandra, SITNIK, Michelle a TASZAKOWSKI, Artur. Notes on plant bugs from New Caledonia with descriptions of two new species of the genus Bolbomiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2025, 65(1), 95–104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.008. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-entomologica-musei-nationalis-pragae/65-1/notes-on-plant-bugs-from-new-caledonia-with-descriptions-of-two-new-species-of-the-genus-bolbomiris-hemiptera-heteroptera-miridae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2025/65/1

Two new species of Bolbomiris Hosseini & Cassis, 2019, B. picpinensis Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov. and B. koghi Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov., are diagnosed and described. Photographic images of habitus and male genital structures, as well as scanning electron micrographs of selected structures of these species, are provided. An updated key to the species of Bolbomiris is presented. Additionally, the paper also presents new localities of Bolbomiris cola Hosseini & Cassis, 2019, Bolbomiris samuelsoni Hosseini & Cassis, 2019, as well as Peritropis bicolor Gorczyca, 1999 and Kanakamiris krypton Cassis & Monteith, 2006 (Cylapinae), Fingulus novocaledonicus Stonedahl & Cassis, 1991 (Deraeocorinae), and Coridromius variegatus (Montrouzier, 1861) (Orthotylinae). The occurrence of scopula in Bolbomiris and other plant bugs is briefly discussed.

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