The Indian Hyalopeplini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review
Author
Yeshwanth, H. M.
Author
Chérot, F.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-02-09
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3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4378.3.1
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Hyalopeplus lineifer
(
Walker, 1873
)
(
Figs. 10–16
)
Capsus vitripennis
Stål, 1855
: 186
(as new species) (a junior homonym of
Capsus vitripennis
Say, 1832
).
Capsus lineifer
Walker, 1873
: 122
(as new species).
Hyalopeplus vitripennis
:
Carvalho & Gross 1979
: 497
–
503 (redescription, DV, MG, head and pronotum in DV and LV).
Hyalopeplus lineifer
:
Schuh 1995
: 678
(catalogue);
Zheng
et al
. 2005
: 52
–
53 (redescription, in fauna); Schuh
2002
–
2013
(online catalogue);
Chérot
et al
. 2017
: 86
(citation).
Diagnosis.
Middle-sized
Hyalopeplus
(total length
7.6
–
9.6 mm
, maximal width across hemelytra
2.4
–
2.5 mm
). Globally “citrine to lutescent with glassy hemelytra” (
Carvalho & Gross, 1979
) and frequently with reddish or blackish stripes. Pronotal collar transversally striate. Pronotal callosities wide, not widely punctate. Pronotal disk transversally striate on a major part of the disk, slightly punctate laterally and posteriorly. Humeral angles almost rounded, not produced. Chromatic pattern very variable, particularly the longitudinal stripes of head and pronotum. Habitus in dorsal view
Figs. 10
,
15
–
16
. Nymph
Fig. 14
. Male genital structures
Figs. 11
–
13
. Detailed measurements of Indian specimen: table 1.
FIGURES 10–13.
Hyalopeplus lineifer
(Walker, 1873)
. 10. Habitus in dorsal view. 11. Endophallus. 12. Left paramere. 13. Right paramere (an Indian specimen collected in Mount Harriet cited in the text).
FIGURES 14–16.
Hyalopeplus lineifer
(Walker, 1873)
alive in Mount Harriet, Adaman & Nicobar Islands breeding on
Melastoma
sp.
Material examined. INDIA
: ANDAMAN & NICOBAR: 31♂, 42♀: Mount Harriet,
349 m
, 11°43’07.6”N, 92°43’ 58.6”E.,
26.iv.2014
, ex:
Melastoma
sp. (
Melastomataceae
),
Yeshwanth H.M.
leg. (UASB).
Distribution.
Described from
Java
, known from
Australia
, Babelthaup Island,
Caroline Islands
,
Indonesia
(
Java
,
Sumatra
),
India
,
Japan
,
Mariana Islands
,
New Britain
,
New Hebrides
,
Palau
Islands,
Papua
New Guinea
,
Philippines
Islands,
Singapore
,
Solomon Islands
, Sri-Lanka,
Vietnam
. Already cited from
India
by
Pathak (1969)
.