The Indian Hyalopeplini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review Author Yeshwanth, H. M. Author Chérot, F. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-02-09 4378 3 301 322 journal article 30788 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.1 20785585-7980-4fb6-a3ff-fe09c0e74d08 1175-5326 1169871 C197FDFA-09A1-4238-8094-AB69F8BE2130 Hyalopeplus similis Poppius, 1912 ( Figs. 21–33 , 34–39 ) Hyalopeplus similis Poppius, 1912 : 8 (as new species). Hyalopeplus similis : Pathak 1969 : 38 , 39 (citation from India in PhD, under the junior synonyms H. horvathi and H. krishna ); Carvalho & Gross 1979 : 508 – 511, 512, 513, 514, 515 (redescription, male genitalia, lectotype designation, synonymies); Schuh 1995 : 680 (catalogue); Zheng et al . 2005 : 50 (redescription, in fauna); Schuh 2002 – 2013 (online catalogue); Chérot et al . 2017 : 86 –87, plate 11, Fig. 5 (presence in Papua New Guinea , DV, discussion of type locality). Diagnosis. Middle-sized Hyalopeplus (total length 7.1–9.0 mm, maximal width across hemelytra 1.9–2.3 mm ). Globally “yellow to citrine with castaneous and reddish areas” ( Carvalho & Gross, 1979 ) and glassy hemelytra. Pronotal collar transversally striate, with five longitudinal reddish stripes. Pronotal callosities wide, slightly punctate. Pronotal disk widely and deeply punctate, rugose. Humeral angles almost rounded, not produced. Chromatic pattern very variable. Habitus in dorsal view Figs. 21, 25 and 30 . Male genital structures Figs. 22–24, 26–29 and 31–33 . Measurements of Indian specimen table 1. Material examined. INDIA : KARNATAKA: 1♂, 4♀: Hessarghatta, Ex: Mangifera (Anacardiaceae) , 24.vi.2013 , Yeshwanth H. M. , leg.; 1♂, 1♀: Sirisi, 25.vi.2010 , Murthy S . leg; 1♀: Chickmagalur, 6.vi.2007 , Nagaraju D. K. leg; 1♀: Belghaum, Castle rock, 26.x.2011 , Yeshwanth H.M. leg; 1♀: Mudigere, 6.iv.1980 , Viraktamath C. A. leg; 1♂: Dharwad, 28.v.2008 , Swamy C. M. K. leg.; 3♂, 4♀: Bangalore, GKVK, Ex: Peltophorum pterocarpum (Fabaceae) , 17.vii.2017 ,Yeshwanth H. M., leg TAMIL NADU: 2♀: Coimbatore, 13.vi.2015 , Yeshwanth H. M . leg.; 1♂, 1♀: Thandigudi, 10.xi.2010 , Reddy A. N. leg. SIKKIM: 2♂, 2♀: Gangtok, 12.xi.2013 , Shashank leg. TELANGANA: 2♀: Nizamabad, Rudrur, 13.ix.2012 , Yeshwanth H. M. leg. (UASB). Distribution. Widely distributed species, known from Africa ( Congo , Ivoiry Coast , Saõ Tomé , Tanzania ) to Pacific Islands (Thaïti) by way of India ( Bihar , Karnataka , Tamil Nadu , Telangana), Japan , south-east Asia and Australia ( Carvalho & Gross 1979 ; Cassis & Gross 1995 ; Schuh 1995 , 2002–2013 ), redescribed from Bihar under the junior synonym H. krishna Ballard, 1927 .