Bolbomiris cola Hosseini & Cassis, 2019

Gierlasiński, Grzegorz, Dobosz, Roland, Poźniak, Aleksandra, Sitnik, Michelle & Taszakowski, Artur, 2025, Notes on plant bugs from New Caledonia with descriptions of two new species of the genus Bolbomiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1), pp. 95-104 : 96

Bolbomiris cola Hosseini & Cassis, 2019

Material examined. 1 J, “ NEW CALEDONIA (S) \ Pic du Pin; base, 280 m \ 22°14.9’S 166°49.7’E \ 25.12.2006, forest; night coll. \ leg. R. Dobosz & M. Wanat” \\ 5915/27466 \\ MB 0408271 ( USMB); 1 ♀, “ NEW CALEDONIA (S) \ Dzumac Mts.; 900 m \ 22°01.9’S 166°28.0’E \ 30.12.2006, netting \ leg. R. Dobosz & M. Wanat” \\ 5915/10537 \\ MB 0408307 ( USMB).

Biology. Unknown. The specimens were collected in the rainforest ( Fig. 2 ).

Distribution. This species is endemic to New Caledonia and was previously known from four localities on this island ( Fig. 1 ) ( HOSSEINI & CASSIS 2019).

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Fig. 2. Collection sites. A – Pic du Pin, 25.xii.2006. Photo by M. Wanat. B – Pic du Pin, 25.xii.2006, night collection with light trap. Photo by M. Wanat. C–D – Dzumac Mts. Photo by R. Dobosz.

Fig. 1. Distribution map of Bolbomiris cola Hosseini & Cassis, 2019 in New Caledonia (yellow circles – published localities, red triangles – new ones).