Image of Maoricoris benefactor China 1933

Description:

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus. Habitat: Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn., 1840. Dying/dead. Infested with Chaetoptelius mundulus. 3 males observed active on bark. Identification: Maoricoris benefactor China, 1933. REFERENCES China, W.E. 1933: A new genus and species of Anthocoridae (Hemiptera) from New Zealand. Annals and magazine of natural history (10), 11(64): 514-518. doi: 10.1080/00222933308673681 [See p. 516, and figs. a-d; original description (female, male)]