Modicarventus

Modicarventus wisei is an endemic species of New Zealand flat bug, described by Kirman in 1989.[1] The specimens were first collected from Unuwhao on the North Cape in February 1967 by K.A.J. Wise, but not described as a new species until 1989.[2] It is in the subfamily Carventinae.[3]

Modicarventus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Aradidae
Genus: Modicarventus
Species:
M. wisei
Binomial name
Modicarventus wisei
(Kirman, 1989)

The species are of 2–3 mm in length, with a red-brown colouration.[4] The species appears to be related to Neocarventus angulatus due to both species sharing similar thorax characteristics.[4] Modicarventus wisei was named after New Zealand entomologist K.A.J. Wise.[4]

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