The genus Tuponia Reuter, 1875 of China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Exaeretini) with descriptions of three new species
Author
Li, Xiao-Ming
Author
Liu, Guo-Qing
text
Zootaxa
2016
4114
2
101
122
journal article
39025
10.11646/zootaxa.4114.2.1
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1175-5326
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Tuponia loginovae
Drapolyuk, 1982
Tuponia
(
Chlorotuponia
)
loginovae
Drapolyuk 1982
: 177
;
Konstantinov
et al
. 2013
: 218
.
Diagnosis.
Recognized by the small sized, total length 1.75–2.25 (male), 1.85–2.00 (female); general coloration light green, legs and antennae greenish yellow; dorsum with sericeous setae; femora without dark spots, tibial spines black with black bases.
Male genitalia (Figs.
118–123 in
Drapolyuk, 1982
): Endosoma S-shaped, with two small toothlike apical spicules, without membrane, econdary gonopore invisible; left paramere boat shaped; right paramere lanceolate; phallotheca curving at middle, attenuated apically.
Host plants.
Tamarix
sp. (
Tamaricaceae
) (
Drapolyuk, 1982
).
Distribution.
China
(Xinjiang) (
Konstantinov
et al
. 2013
),
Kazakhstan
(
Drapolyuk, 1982
),
Uzbekistan
(
Drapolyuk, 1982
),
Turkmenistan
(
Drapolyuk, 1982
).
Remarks.
The species was first reported for
China
from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (
Konstantinov
et al
., 2013
). We could not examine specimens of this species, and the diagnosis based on original description.