Shaverdo Helena, Sagata Katayo, Balke Michael
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Vienna Austria.
Papua New Guinea Institute for Biological research (PNG-IBR), Goroka, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Institute for Biological research Goroka Papua New Guinea.
Zookeys. 2018 Dec 6(803):7-70. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.803.28903. eCollection 2018.
Nineteen new species of Broun, 1886 from New Guinea are described herein: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and . All of them, together with five already described species, have been united into the newly defined -group, a polyphyletic complex of related species with similar shape of the median lobe and paramere setation. An identification key to all known species of the group is provided, and important diagnostic characters (habitus, color, male protarsomeres 4-5, median lobes, and parameres) are illustrated. Data on the distribution of the species are given, showing that most of the species occur in the central, mountain part of Papua New Guinea.