Review of the phyline plant bug tribe Auricillocorini from Asia, with descriptions of a new genus and nine new species from Japan, Nepal and Thailand (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Author
Yasunaga, Tomohide
text
Zootaxa
2012
3530
1
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214852
a8c0634c-5ac1-492c-9e4f-186169aaafbf
1175-5326
214852
Wygomiris kaliyahae
new species
(
Figs. 3
,
4
,
10
A–B, 11)
Diagnosis.
Recognized by the smallest size (as far as known) among the congeners, chestnut brown basic coloration, and form of the male genitalia. This new species is most closely related to
W. dumaguete
Schuh
, from which it can be distinguished by the smaller size, larger eye, narrower vertex, developed sensory lobe of the left paramere, slender phallotheca that is terminated in the hooked apex, and longer apical spine of the endosoma.
Description.
Body almost unicolorously chestnut brown, tiny, less than
3 mm
in total length; dorsal surface weakly shining, with simple, semierect setae and sericeous, reclining setae. Head weakly shining; clypeus weakly projected. Antenna dull brown, short, terete. Labium mahogany brown, reaching apex of mesocoxa. Pronotum weakly shining; collar pruinosed, about as thick as base of antennal segment II; ostiolar peritreme with a median knob; posterior margin of evaporative area yellowish brown. Hemelytra somewhat lighter than reminder of body and appendages, with uniformly distributed, silvery, reclining setae and sparsely distributed, simple, semierect setae; membrane smoky brown. All coxae and legs dull brown, except for paler tarsi.
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 4
,
11
): Genital segment with a ventral spine (
Fig. 4
). Right paramere weakly curved; left paramere with developed sensory lobe. Phallotheca almost straight, tapered, terminated in an apical hook. Endosoma J-shaped, with slender apical spine.
Female genitalia
: Not examined.
FIGURE 11.
Male genitalia of
Wygomiris
species named on the figure.
Measurements
. 3/Ƥ: Total body length 2.7–2.8/ 2.7–2.8; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 1.75–1.93/ 1.80–1.93; head width across eyes 0.57–0.60/ 0.56–0.59; vertex width 0.24–0.26/ 0.29–0.30; lengths of antennal segment I–IV 0.15–0.16, 0.64–0.66, 0.39–0.42, 0.30–0.32/ 0.15–0.18, 0.60–0.63, 0.39–0.45, 0.30–0.38; labial length 0.90–0.91/ 0.92–0.96; mesal pronotal length 0.57–0.59/ 0.51–0.54; basal pronotal width 0.90–0.91/ 0.90–0.91; width across hemelytron 0.96–1.05/ 1.05–1.17; and lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 0.75–0.78, 1.02–1.04, 0.24–0.26/ 0.78–0.87, 1.08–1.11, 0.24–0.26.
Etymology.
Named to celebrate the new birth of Kaliyah, a great granddaughter of Prof. Carl Schaefer who kindly supports us in various aspects.
Distribution.
Thailand
(Nakhon Ratchasima Prov.).
Biology.
Collection records suggest this new species has at least two generations per year.
Holotype
:
3,
THAILAND
:
Nakhon Ratchasima Prov.:
SERS
, 14˚30'27”N, 101˚55'39”E,
410 m
alt., light trap,
24 Jan 2009
, T. Yasunaga (
AMNH
_PBI 00379521) (
SUT
).
Paratypes
.
THAILAND
:
13, same data as for
holotype
, except for date
25–27 Feb 2009
(00379522) (
TYCN
); 131Ƥ, same locality, light trap,
17–20 Mar 2010
, T. Yasunaga & K. Yamada (00379523–00379524) (
AMNH
,
TYCN
); 1Ƥ, same locality, light trap,
19–21 Aug 2008
, T. Yasunaga & B. Shishido (00379525) (
TYCN
).