Corallocoris nauruensis (Herring & Chapman, 1967)

(Figs. 8C–D, 9)

Omania nauruensis Herring & Chapman 1967: 355 . Holotype: ♂, Nauru Island; USNM. Cobben (1970): 68 (diagnosis), 69 (in key); Schuh (1987): 261 (catalogue, distribution); Cobben (1987): 25 (distribution); Schuh et al. (1987): 260 (catalogue, distribution); Schuh & Polhemus (1980): 5, 6, 7 (figures).

Material examined: NAURU: Central Pacific, Nauru Island, 16.XI.1966, leg. H.C. Chapman, paratypes 2♂♂ 2♀♀ (RMNH) .

Diagnosis: Body length of male (1.21), female (1.30–1.40). C. nauruensis can be distinguished from other species of Corallocoris by the following characteristics: the pronotum and scutellum have a light pattern (Fig. 8A); the median fovea of the pronotal dome continues as a sulcus, which almost completely divides the dome into two lobes (Fig. 8A); a large basal and preapical blue-grey band is on the clavus, an irregular blue-grey patch on the base of corium extends narrowly down the lateral margin of the forewing, widening at the middle third and extending inward almost to the commissure, and a grey band is at the apical margin (Fig. 8A–B).

Habitat. Corallocoris nauruensis was collected at low tide from pinnacles that were common in the reef, which completely surrounds Nauru Island (Herring & Chapman 1967).

Distribution: Nauru Island (Fig. 9A, Table 3).