New species and new records of Tingidae (Insecta: Heteroptera) of New Guinea
Author
Guilbert, Eric
text
Zootaxa
2006
1117
37
68
journal article
50786
10.5281/zenodo.171651
f7582322-2924-495a-801e-d85c7db1050b
11755326
171651
Xenotingis papuana
Drake 1954
Material examined: 1F, New
Guinea
, Mt Suckling,
400m
,
16–17.VII.1972
, J.L. Gressitt, Malaise trap,
BPBM
; 1M, New
Guinea
, Neth.,
8.XI.1958
, J.L. Gressitt,
BPBM
; 1M, New
Guinea
, NE, Morobe Prov., Mt Missim, S side,
2000m
,
14.VI.1984
, permethrin fog of
Castanopsis acuminatissima
mature canopy, W.C. Gagné &
UREP
, sample #7, tree #3307,
BPBM
.
Comments: The specimen from Mt Missim, collected on
Castanopsis acuminatissima
,
differs from other specimens of this species by the narrower discoidal area (five areolae wide, while others are six).
Xenotingis
Drake
groups seven species from
Taiwan
, the
Philippines
, and New
Guinea
, with four species being restricted to New
Guinea
(
Drake & Ruhoff 1965
;
Péricart 2000
).
Xenotingis papuana
is the most widespread of the New Guinean species.