A new Indian Ocean species of Ochterus from the island of Mauritius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae)
Polhemus Dan A., Polhemus John T.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48(2): 281-288, 2008
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Abstract: Ochterus stysi sp. nov. is described from the island of Mauritius in the western
Indian Ocean. This species is only the second member of the family Ochteridae
known from the islands of the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, and the first
recorded from the Mascarene Archipelago. Comparative notes are pro- vided in
regard to this new species and Ochterus seychellensis Polhemus, 1992, its
closest putative relative. Figures are provided of the dorsal habitus and male
genitalic structures.
Key words: Heteroptera, Ochteridae, Ochterus, taxonomy, new species, Indian Ocean, Mauritius