Abstract
A new species, Meschia brevirostris sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Meschiidae), is described from New Caledonia. Photographs and SEM micrographs of the male and female habitus, genital structures and selected morphological structures are presented.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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