Revision and Phylogeny of the Eccritotarsine Plant Bug Genus Caulotops Bergroth, with Descriptions of Four New Genera and 14 New Species (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) Associated with Agave (Agavoideae Asparagaceae) and Related Plant Genera Author Henry, Thomas J. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, ARS, USDA, c / o National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012 (e-mail: thomas. henry @ usda. gov) Author Menard, Katrina L. Department of Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269 - 3044 (e-mail: katrina. menard @ uconn. edu) text Zootaxa 2020 2020-05-08 4772 2 201 252 journal article 22303 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.2.1 be5e4bdb-a5e2-48f0-bc0c-3c27ddb7a1cf 1175-5326 3816462 442349A6-2D72-4FBE-9E03-1F94F45096CD Laterospinocoris cyaneipennis (Reuter) , new combination ( Figs. 43–45 , 100, 101 , 128 , 139 , 143 ) Caulatops [sic] cyaneipennis Reuter 1908: 155 (original description). Caulotops cyaneipennis : Carvalho 1948: 530 (list), 1957: 94 (catalog), 1980: 645 (diagnosis, distribution); Schuh 1995: 540 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog). DIAGNOSIS. Laterospinocoris cyaneipennis ( Figs. 43–45 ) is distinguished by the uniformly red head and pronotum, the uniformly dark hemelytra with a strong bluish sheen, and dark brown to black legs. This species is to similar L. mexicanus , but differs in having a uniformly red head (versus red with brown on the frons) and pronotum (versus anterior half of the pronotum brown to dark brown), hemelytra with a distinct bluish sheen (versus a weak bluish sheen and a pale costal margin), and black legs (versus pale yellowish brown legs). REDESCRIPTION. Male : (n = 5; lectotype measurement in parentheses): Length from apex of head to cuneal fracture 3.90–4.30 mm ( 4.25 mm ), length from apex of head to apex of membrane 5.30–5.75 mm ( 5.50 mm ), widest point across hemelytra 2.24–2.40 mm ( 2.37 mm ). Head : Width across eyes 1.36–1.52 mm ( 1.46 mm ); interocular width 0.78–0.86 mm ( 0.82 mm ). Labium : Length 1.76–1.92 mm ( 1.84 mm ), extending to the bases of the hind coxae. Antenna : Segment I length 0.64–0.69 mm ( 0.67 mm ); II, 0.39–1.54 mm (broken); III, 0.83–0.88 mm (missing); IV, 0.51 mm (missing). Pronotum : Median length 0.86–1.01 mm ( 0.99 mm ); posterior width 1.52–1.73 mm ( 1.62 mm ). Macropterous, relatively large, elongate oval. COLORATION. Head : Bright red to reddish orange, apex of clypeus red or brown, labrum dark brown, eyes reddish brown. Labium : Segment I pale yellowish brown, becoming darker at apex; segments II to IV dark brown to fuscous. Antenna : All segments dark brown to black. Pronotum : Red, calli more reddish orange. Mesoscutum : Reddish orange. Scutellum : Bluish black, narrowly reddish basally and laterally and sometimes through middle. Hemelytron : Uniformly dark brown to black, with a distinct bluish sheen; membrane dark brown or fumate, slightly paler apically; veins dark brown. Ventral surface : Thorax uniformly red; abdomen red to dark red, lateral spine bright red. Legs : Coxae pale or whitish yellow, tinged with red at base; femora and tibiae dark brown to nearly black; basal two tarsomeres pale yellow, distal tarsomere brown; claws dark brown. SURFACE, VESTITURE, AND STRUCTURE. As in generic description. Male genitalia: Endosoma and phallotheca as in generic description. Left paramere ( Fig. 100 ) U- or C-shaped, with a narrowed apex. Right paramere ( Fig. 101 ) elongate, weakly curved, gradually narrowed and apically rounded. Female: (n = 5): Length from apex of head to cuneal fracture 3.65–4.20 mm ; length from apex of head to apex of membrane 4.85–5.40 mm ; widest point across hemelytra 1.98–2.37 mm . Head : Width across eyes 1.41–1.49 mm ; interocular width 0.83–0.85 mm . Labium : Length 1.82–1.92 mm . Antenna : Segment I length 0.61–0.67 mm ; II, 1.25–1.52 mm ; III, 0.72–0.80 mm ; IV, 0.96–1.04 mm . Pronotum : Median length 0.90–0.99 mm ; posterior width 1.39–1.68 mm . Similar to male in size, shape, and coloration. Genitalia as in generic description. HOST. Unknown. DISTRIBUTION. Previously known from Baja California , Guerrero , and Veracruz , Mexico ( Reuter 1908 ). Guatemala is a new country record. TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Reuter (1908) listed specimens from Orizaba [Veracruz], St. Marcos ( Guerrero ), Guadalupe ( Baja California ), and Cordoba ( Veracruz ), Mexico , in his original description, all of which are considered syntypes . TYPE DESIGNATIONS. To ensure nomenclature stability, we are designating the following male in the USNM collection as the lectotype of Caulotops cyaneipennis : label 1) “ Cordoba [,] Mexico ”; label 2, “10 May 08”; label 3, “ Fredk Knab ”; 4 (handwritten), “ Caulotops cyaneipennis Reut. Det. T. Y. Hsiao ”; 5 (red, here added), “ Lectotype : Caulotops cyaneipennis Reuter , desig. by T. J. Henry and K. L. Menard. ” Four additional specimens in the FMNH ( 1 ♂ from Orizaba and 1♀ from Cordoba ) and the USNM ( 2 ♀♀ from Cordoba ) are labeled as paralectotypes . OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED. GUATEMALA : 1♀ , Alta Verapaz : Alta V[era] Paz , Trece Aguas , Cacao , 25 Mar [year?] ( USNM ) . MEXICO : Veracruz : 1♀ , Cordoba , 20 Jul. 1966 , J. S. Buckett , M. R. & R. C. Gardner ( TAMU 025 ) ; 2♀♀ , Cordoba ,13 June [year?], F. Knab , ( USNM ) ; 6♂♂ , 12♀♀ Fortin , 12 Aug. 1978 , Plitt & Schaffner ( 4♂♂ , 10♀♀ , TAMU 026 - 029,031 , 051-059 , 61 ; 2♂♂ , 2♀♀ USNM [030, 0032, 60, 062]) ; 2♂♂ 19♀♀ , Fortin de las Flores , 11 July 1977 , J. C. Schaffner ( TAMU [032-038, 041,043, 045-050]; 2♀♀ , UNAM [042, 044]; 2♀♀ USNM [039-040]) ; 5♀♀ , 3.5 mi. N Cosomatepec , 18 July 1980 , Schaffner , Weaver , Friedlander ( TAMU 063-067 ) ; 1♀ , Orizaba , 12-22 Aug. 1961 , R & K Dreisbach ( USNM ) .