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The author here describe and illustrate Rhyparus anichtchenkoi sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea. The newly described species was carefully compared with the most similar species i.e.: R. gracilis Arrow, 1905 and R. mokaiensis Stebnicka, 1998. Methods of establishing new species and correlations between them are briefly discussed.
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