Linacoris viridescens Carvalho, 1983

Cerot, Frederic, 2018, Miscellanea Miridologica V. Taxonomy and chorology of new or little known taxa of Continental New Guinea and neighboring islands (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae), ZooKeys 796, pp. 83-95 : 91

Linacoris viridescens Carvalho, 1983

Material examined.

Papua New Guinea: 4♂♂, 2♀♀, 2??, Madang Province, Nagada Binatang Research Center (coordinates provided on the label: 05°09'23"S, 145°47'41"E), 20 m, 20.v.2011, two specimens dissected for parasites, dissection numbers 892-893, negative, Votýpka J. & Lukeš J. leg. (FC n°s 6450-6453, 6455-6458) (NMPC); 2♂♂, 1♀, Madang Province, Ohu (coordinates provided on the label: 05°08'46"S, 145°46'36"E), 06.v.2011, dissected for parasites, dissection numbers 205-207, negative, Votýpka J. & Lukeš J. leg. (FC n°s 6454, 6459-6460) (NMPC).

Distribution.

Described by Carvalho (1983) from Papua New Guinea and Iran Jaya. Additional species of the genus Linacoris Carvalho, 1983 remain to be described in Southeast Asia ( Schuh and Menard 2013).

Remark.

The genus Linacoris was recently transferred from Orthotylinae, Orthotylini to Phylinae, Hallodapini by Schuh and Menard (2013) on the basis of phylogenetic analyses by Menard et al. (2013).