Corallocoris aldabrae Cobben, 1987

Luo, Jiu-Yang, Wang, Yan-Hui, Chen, Ping-Ping & Xie, Qiang, 2022, First record of the intertidal dwarf bug family Omaniidae from China, with description of a new species (Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha), Zootaxa 5195 (5), pp. 449-467 : 458

Corallocoris aldabrae Cobben, 1987

Corallocoris aldabrae Cobben, 1987: 24 . Holotype: ♀, Seychelles, Aldabra Atoll, Middle Island [= Passe Houareau, Malabar Island]; BMNH. Polhemus (1990): 7 (habitat), 9 (in key), 14 (distribution).

Diagnosis: Body length of female (1.50). This species is closely related to C. marksae , but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characteristics: two elevated spots on the frons are distinctly larger than the ocelli and are somewhat elongate and contact the eyes; the femora predistally are weakly fuscous; the base of hypocostal lamina is clearly notched ventrally ( Cobben, 1987).

Distribution: Seychelles (Aldabra Atoll) ( Fig. 9A , Table 3 ).

Figures

FIGURE 9. Distribution maps of species of Omaniidae: A, Distribution of all known species of Omaniidae. B, Detailed distribution records of Corallocoris xishaensis sp. nov. (solid red dots)