2021•ZootaxaOpen access

A remarkable new genus and two new species of the Gigantometopini (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) from Brunei

Artur Taszakowski, Junggon Kim, Claas Damken, Rodzay A. Wahab, Aleksander Herczek, Sunghoon Jung

Abstract

The new genus Megalofaciatus gen. nov. represented by two new species M. foliotibialis Taszakowski, Kim Herczek sp. nov. (the type species) and M. gibbosus sp. nov. Taszakowski, Kim Herczek (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae, Gigantometopini), is described from Brunei. Photographs of the adult males and genital structures, as well as detailed SEM micrographs, are presented. The first finding of the largely modified leg in Gigantometopini is also reported.

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Key concepts: Miridae, Heteroptera, Hemiptera, Biology, Genus, Botany, Male genitalia, Type species