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<mods:titleid="743A5874B8988F114597C5BA7798C7C4">Delimitation of the widely distributed Palearctic Stenodema species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae): insights from molecular and morphological data</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="7B75407ADA002494BA09E3306BB376AB">Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia & All-Russian Institute of Plant Protection, Podbelskogo sh. 3, Pushkin, St. Petersburg, 196608, Russia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="F067DCC459185528AFC94CE6F48545A9">Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="203C54462853084FBE966E54FBB4AD14">Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia & National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="4D6960C61B0A871DD602CE50CDF684D0"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. SEM images. S. calcarata A hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00007331 G pretarsus ventrally, ZISP _ ENT 00013668 J hind tibia, ZISP _ ENT 00007331. S. virens B hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00003645. S. turanica C hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00004938 I hind tibia, ZISP _ ENT 00004938. S. pilosa D hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00009371. S. laevigata E hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00006444. S. sibirica F hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00003705. S. holsata H hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00013674."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112622">2 C, I</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="6878E58A90A0BF200A7805B1FB1BF81D"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Male genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00003654 A right paramere, dorsal view C right paramere, posterior view Q genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003618 B left paramere, dorsal view D left paramere, posterior view. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003617 (vesica with long ridge) E right paramere, dorsal view F left paramere, dorsal view G right paramere, posterior view H left paramere, posterior view U genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003620 (vesica with short ridge) I right paramere, dorsal view J left paramere, dorsal view K right paramere, posterior view L left paramere, posterior view T genital capsule, dorsal view. S. pilosa. ZISP _ ENT 00003626 N right paramere, dorsal view M left paramere, dorsal view O right paramere, posterior view P left paramere, posterior view R theca S genital capsule, dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112626">6 A – D, Q</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="3BE62C0BE6E0BD4B6663E5FE2A0FA747"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Inflated vesica, S. laevigata, ZISP _ ENT 00002699 A dorsal view B left lateral view C ventral lateral view. S. turanica, ZISP _ ENT 00003618 D dorsal view E left lateral view F ventral lateral view. S. virens, ZISP _ ENT 00003616 G dorsal view H ventral view I left lateral view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112627">7 D – F</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="A4D90812D71D2942266C515B7C7A0532"captionStart="Figure 11"captionStartId="F11"captionText="Figure 11. Digital images of habitus. S. turanica A ♂ ZISP _ ENT 00004938 B ♂ ZISP _ ENT 00004937 C ♀. ZISP _ ENT 00004935 D ♀. ZISP _ ENT 00004953. S. virens E ♂ ZISP _ ENT 00004898 F ♂ ZISP _ ENT 00004897 G ♀. ZISP _ ENT 00004894. S. holsata H ♂ ZISP _ ENT 00004903 I ♀ ZISP _ ENT 00004907."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure11"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112631">11 A – D</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="E6FB025F1F36A37CA42C4996F5D8650B"author="Carvalho JCM"firstAuthor="Carvalho"journalOrPublisher="Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro"page="307"pagination="1-384"refId="B7"refString="Carvalho JCM (1959) A catalogue of the Miridae of the world. Part IV. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 48: 1–384."title="A catalogue of the Miridae of the world. Part IV."volume="48"year="1959">Carvalho 1959: 307</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="C209BD190715E920EBD4BF37EF96FAE9"author="Muminov NN"firstAuthor="Muminov"journalOrPublisher="Insects of Mongolia"page="127"pagination="126-135"refId="B39"refString="Muminov NN (1989) Species of the genus Stenodema (Heteroptera: Miridae) from the USSR and Mongolia. Insects of Mongolia 10: 126–135. [in Russian]"title="Species of the genus Stenodema (Heteroptera: Miridae) from the USSR and Mongolia."volume="10"year="1989">Muminov 1989: 127</bibRefCitation>
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Body length in male 6.1–6.8, in female 6.6–7.3; frons protruding above clypeus base (Fig.
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); labium reaching middle coxa (as in Fig.
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); hind femur distinctly tapering towards apex, without spines, not enlarged, 6–8 × as long as wide (Fig.
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); hind tibia curved basally (Fig.
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); swelling on propleura curved (Fig.
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); antennal segment I length / head width ratio in male 1.0, in female 0.9–1.0; antennal segment I length / pronotum length ratio
female; antennal segment I not widened basally, its setae at base as dense as on other parts of this segment; setae of antennal segment I simple; antennal segment II length / head width ratio in male 3.1–3.5; groove on posterior part of mesopleuron absent (as in Fig.
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); paired pits between calli absent (as in Fig.
<figureCitationid="93B8986CA6F645B22572DDEA39AE5080"captionStart="Figure 1"captionStartId="F1"captionText="Figure 1. SEM images. S. pilosa A head, anterior view. ZISP _ ENT 00009372 G head and pronotum, dorsal view, ZISP _ ENT 00009372 Q hind tarsus, ZISP _ ENT 00009386. S. turanica B head, anterior view, ZISP _ ENT 00004934 C head, lateral view, ZISP _ ENT 00004934. S. holsata D pretarsus, dorsal view, ZISP _ ENT 00013676 F head and pronotum, dorsal view, ZISP _ ENT 00007905. S. calcarata E head and pronotum, dorsal view, ZISP _ ENT 00007331 I head and pronotum, lateral view, ZISP _ ENT 00013671 L thoracic pleura, ZISP _ ENT 00007386 N labium, ZISP _ ENT 00007382. S. laevigata H head and pronotum, lateral view, ZISP _ ENT 00005650 K thoracic pleura, ZISP _ ENT 00007921 O labium, ZISP _ ENT 00013673. S. virens J scutellum, clavus. and corium, ZISP _ ENT 00003645 P cuneus and membrane, ZISP _ ENT 00003645. S. sibirica M thoracic pleura, ZISP _ ENT 00004930."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure1"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112621">1 G</figureCitation>
); setae on posterior margin of hind femur denser than on other parts of femur, shorter than half of hind femur width (Fig.
<figureCitationid="A26D7D98A7FB8362E717AC54DE42E0AB"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. SEM images. S. calcarata A hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00007331 G pretarsus ventrally, ZISP _ ENT 00013668 J hind tibia, ZISP _ ENT 00007331. S. virens B hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00003645. S. turanica C hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00004938 I hind tibia, ZISP _ ENT 00004938. S. pilosa D hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00009371. S. laevigata E hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00006444. S. sibirica F hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00003705. S. holsata H hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00013674."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112622">2 C</figureCitation>
); genital capsule only slightly longer than wide, acute apically, with outgrowth near left paramere socket (Fig.
<figureCitationid="45F01FFAD722B499BBCA39B479535E82"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Male genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00003654 A right paramere, dorsal view C right paramere, posterior view Q genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003618 B left paramere, dorsal view D left paramere, posterior view. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003617 (vesica with long ridge) E right paramere, dorsal view F left paramere, dorsal view G right paramere, posterior view H left paramere, posterior view U genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003620 (vesica with short ridge) I right paramere, dorsal view J left paramere, dorsal view K right paramere, posterior view L left paramere, posterior view T genital capsule, dorsal view. S. pilosa. ZISP _ ENT 00003626 N right paramere, dorsal view M left paramere, dorsal view O right paramere, posterior view P left paramere, posterior view R theca S genital capsule, dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112626">6 Q</figureCitation>
); right paramere ca 3 × as long as wide, its apical part as wide as basal part, apical process not bifurcate (Fig.
<figureCitationid="E3D63469A2F07E4892D218621259D4A7"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Male genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00003654 A right paramere, dorsal view C right paramere, posterior view Q genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003618 B left paramere, dorsal view D left paramere, posterior view. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003617 (vesica with long ridge) E right paramere, dorsal view F left paramere, dorsal view G right paramere, posterior view H left paramere, posterior view U genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003620 (vesica with short ridge) I right paramere, dorsal view J left paramere, dorsal view K right paramere, posterior view L left paramere, posterior view T genital capsule, dorsal view. S. pilosa. ZISP _ ENT 00003626 N right paramere, dorsal view M left paramere, dorsal view O right paramere, posterior view P left paramere, posterior view R theca S genital capsule, dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112626">6 A</figureCitation>
); left paramere with apical process acute in posterior view (Fig.
<figureCitationid="7BEDDEBA033A2276D1E7FF30AD1565EC"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Male genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00003654 A right paramere, dorsal view C right paramere, posterior view Q genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003618 B left paramere, dorsal view D left paramere, posterior view. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003617 (vesica with long ridge) E right paramere, dorsal view F left paramere, dorsal view G right paramere, posterior view H left paramere, posterior view U genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003620 (vesica with short ridge) I right paramere, dorsal view J left paramere, dorsal view K right paramere, posterior view L left paramere, posterior view T genital capsule, dorsal view. S. pilosa. ZISP _ ENT 00003626 N right paramere, dorsal view M left paramere, dorsal view O right paramere, posterior view P left paramere, posterior view R theca S genital capsule, dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112626">6 D</figureCitation>
), its sensory lobe swollen (Fig.
<figureCitationid="B9AD6FE6DE6A2D22ED83A944FD60BBB5"captionStart="Figure 6"captionStartId="F6"captionText="Figure 6. Male genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00003654 A right paramere, dorsal view C right paramere, posterior view Q genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003618 B left paramere, dorsal view D left paramere, posterior view. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003617 (vesica with long ridge) E right paramere, dorsal view F left paramere, dorsal view G right paramere, posterior view H left paramere, posterior view U genital capsule, dorsal view; ZISP _ ENT 00003620 (vesica with short ridge) I right paramere, dorsal view J left paramere, dorsal view K right paramere, posterior view L left paramere, posterior view T genital capsule, dorsal view. S. pilosa. ZISP _ ENT 00003626 N right paramere, dorsal view M left paramere, dorsal view O right paramere, posterior view P left paramere, posterior view R theca S genital capsule, dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure6"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112626">6 B</figureCitation>
); vesica with four membranous lobes (Figs
<figureCitationid="05AE9E62B2A55FC179ED791E68B4DC31"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Inflated vesica, S. laevigata, ZISP _ ENT 00002699 A dorsal view B left lateral view C ventral lateral view. S. turanica, ZISP _ ENT 00003618 D dorsal view E left lateral view F ventral lateral view. S. virens, ZISP _ ENT 00003616 G dorsal view H ventral view I left lateral view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112627">7 E, F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitationid="A0DCB3D3AC40DB9E9E612EF4D91535B5"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Male genitalia of Brachytropis turanica. lectotype A inflated aedeagus. left lateral view B genital capsule C right paramere. dorsal view D left paramere. dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112628">8 A</figureCitation>
); dorsal labiate plate as long as wide, sclerotized ring 2–3 × as long as wide; distance between sclerotized rings 4 × as long as sclerotized ring width; membranous swelling on dorsal labiate plate not covering sclerotized rings (Fig.
<figureCitationid="64221BE0FDE33E8F3892A8216026FBD5"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Female genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00002735 A dorsal labiate plate E posterior wall of bursa copulatrix. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003679 B posterior wall of bursa copulatrix F dorsal labiate plate. S. virens ZISP _ ENT 00002732 C posterior wall of bursa copulatrix D dorsal labiate plate."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112630">10 A</figureCitation>
); posterior wall with dorsal structure and sigmoid process between interramal lobes, dorsal structure oval (Fig.
<figureCitationid="22795107990D41637A2F772613FE7DEC"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Female genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00002735 A dorsal labiate plate E posterior wall of bursa copulatrix. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003679 B posterior wall of bursa copulatrix F dorsal labiate plate. S. virens ZISP _ ENT 00002732 C posterior wall of bursa copulatrix D dorsal labiate plate."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112630">10 E</figureCitation>
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) from the type series collected by K. O. Ahnger and A. P. Fedchenko in Central Asia and retained at the Finnish Museum of Natural History (
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<figureCitationid="10BF41644ACB858E5E248D02200C7B0B"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. Male genitalia of Brachytropis turanica. lectotype A inflated aedeagus. left lateral view B genital capsule C right paramere. dorsal view D left paramere. dorsal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112628">8</figureCitation>
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. The setae on the hind femur are more or less the same in both species (Fig.
<figureCitationid="C2CDDE89A773689DC24A2F212DA7B593"captionStart="Figure 2"captionStartId="F2"captionText="Figure 2. SEM images. S. calcarata A hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00007331 G pretarsus ventrally, ZISP _ ENT 00013668 J hind tibia, ZISP _ ENT 00007331. S. virens B hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00003645. S. turanica C hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00004938 I hind tibia, ZISP _ ENT 00004938. S. pilosa D hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00009371. S. laevigata E hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00006444. S. sibirica F hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00003705. S. holsata H hind femur, ZISP _ ENT 00013674."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure2"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112622">2 B, C</figureCitation>
). We confirm that the antennal segment II is longer in males of
. However, we were unable to find reliable differences in female measurements. These two species differ from each other in both, male (compare Fig.
<figureCitationid="53C0AA8C386180732DDAA001C1A3C262"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Inflated vesica, S. laevigata, ZISP _ ENT 00002699 A dorsal view B left lateral view C ventral lateral view. S. turanica, ZISP _ ENT 00003618 D dorsal view E left lateral view F ventral lateral view. S. virens, ZISP _ ENT 00003616 G dorsal view H ventral view I left lateral view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112627">7 D – F</figureCitation>
and Fig.
<figureCitationid="BF47B545401AC1AA0166902150FBB5AE"captionStart="Figure 7"captionStartId="F7"captionText="Figure 7. Inflated vesica, S. laevigata, ZISP _ ENT 00002699 A dorsal view B left lateral view C ventral lateral view. S. turanica, ZISP _ ENT 00003618 D dorsal view E left lateral view F ventral lateral view. S. virens, ZISP _ ENT 00003616 G dorsal view H ventral view I left lateral view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure7"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112627">7 G – I</figureCitation>
) and female (compare Fig.
<figureCitationid="CB1E65B44AFBC275A7195FCB70FC90E2"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Female genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00002735 A dorsal labiate plate E posterior wall of bursa copulatrix. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003679 B posterior wall of bursa copulatrix F dorsal labiate plate. S. virens ZISP _ ENT 00002732 C posterior wall of bursa copulatrix D dorsal labiate plate."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112630">10 A, E</figureCitation>
and Fig.
<figureCitationid="403C8518197B825CDF96670BDF999AA6"captionStart="Figure 10"captionStartId="F10"captionText="Figure 10. Female genitalia. S. turanica. ZISP _ ENT 00002735 A dorsal labiate plate E posterior wall of bursa copulatrix. S. sibirica. ZISP _ ENT 00003679 B posterior wall of bursa copulatrix F dorsal labiate plate. S. virens ZISP _ ENT 00002732 C posterior wall of bursa copulatrix D dorsal labiate plate."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1209.124766.figure10"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1112630">10 C, D</figureCitation>