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Invertebrate Systematics

Invertebrate Systematics

Volume 37 Number 10 2023


Dorsal view of a female Ogyris halmaturia halmaturia butterfly.

The systematics of the bronze azure butterfly Ogyris idmo species group are revised through an integrative taxonomic approach. Morphological examination and phylogenetic analysis resolved eight taxa within this group (six species and two subspecies) and five new nomenclatural changes are proposed. A key to all taxa is provided and all taxa are illustrated. These taxonomic changes affect some of the most threatened Australian butterflies and the conservation is discussed. (Photograph by Ethan P. Beaver.)


Extendible insect net for collecting palm bugs by Geoff Monteith.

This work reports on the discovery of a remarkable new palm bug of the true bug family Thaumastocoridae on Norfolk Island. This new genus and new species, Latebracoris norfolcensis, is described, along with an analysis of the phylogenetic position and biology, including association with the native Norfolk Island palm, Rhopalostylis baueri. This species has biogeographic significance due to being the first record of the subfamily Xylastodorinae in Australia, and possible connections to New Caledonia, South America and South-east Asia, and isolation on one of the most remote islands in the Pacific. (Photograph by Anthony Postle.)

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