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 Nigrotomocoris nigrus (Carvalho) , new combination ( Figs. 55–57 , 109, 110 , 133 ) Caulotops nigrus Carvalho 1985a: 268 (original description); Carvalho and Froeschner 1987: 147 ( type list); Schuh 1995: 540 (catalog), 2013 (online catalog). DIAGNOSIS. This species ( Figs. 55–57 ) is recognized by the transverse yellow to yellowish-brown fascia along the posterior margin of the vertex and the bluish sheen on the hemelytra. It is most similar to N. longirostris in sharing a flattened body, overall black color including the antennae and legs, and the relatively thick first and second antennal segments, but is larger, has a pale transverse band on the vertex, the labium is much shorter, and the genital tubercle ( Fig. 133 ) is stouter and apically rounded. Nigrotomocoris keltoni and N. tibiopallidus differ from and N. longirostris and N. nigrus in having a less flattened body and C-shaped left parameres (versus L-shaped parameres); N. keltoni also has the white pleural patches and a more spinelike genital tubercle ( Fig. 131 ) and N. tibiopallidus has pale tibiae and antennal segments. DESCRIPTION. Male (n = 5): Length from apex of head to cuneal fracture 2.24–2.48 mm ; length from apex of head to apex of membrane 3.24–3.88 mm ; widest point across hemelytra 1.44–1.58 mm . Head : Width across eyes 0.93–0.99 mm ; interocular width 0.56–0.59 mm . Labium : Length 1.04–1.14 mm , extending to middle coxae. Antenna : Segment I length 0.46–0.53 mm ; II, 0.62–0.67 mm ; III, 0.22–0.29 mm ; IV, 0.27–0.34 mm . Pronotum : Median length 0.43–0.51 mm ; posterior width 1.14–1.23 mm . Macropterous, weakly ovoid. COLORATION. Head : Black, posterior margin of vertex with a transverse pale band extending between eyes, eyes purplish red to reddish brown. Labium : Dark brown to black. Antenna : Uniformly brown to black. Pronotum, mesoscutum, and scutellum : Brown to black. Hemelytron : Dark brown to black, sometimes with a bluish sheen; membrane smoky brown, veins dark brown. Ventral surface : Thorax dark brown; abdomen dark brown to black, genital tubercle dark brown to black. Legs : Coxae, femora, tibiae, and tarsomeres dark brown. SURFACE AND VESTITURE. Head : Surface shiny, impunctate, with short white sericeous setae. Antenna : Setae short, dense, simple. Thorax : Pronotum, mesoscutum, and scutellum with short white simple and sericeous setae; calli and anterior margin shiny, impunctate, disc uniformly punctate. Hemelytron : Setae short, simple, white; surface with a bluish sheen; veins of membrane with short, distinct setae. Abdomen with sparse simple setae. STRUCTURE. As in generic description. Male genitalia : Endosoma and phallotheca as in generic description. Left paramere ( Fig. 109 ) L- or scytheshaped. Right paramere ( Fig. 110 ) elongate, shallow C-shaped, apex spatulate with a small upturned hook. Female (n = 5; holotype measurement in parentheses): Length from apex of head to cuneal fracture 2.36–2.52 mm ( 2.44 mm ); length from apex of head to apex of membrane 3.32–3.48 mm ( 3.40 mm ); widest point across hemelytra 1.52–1.60 mm ( 1.70 mm ). Head : Width across eyes 0.96–1.02 mm ( 0.99 mm ); interocular width 0.59–0.62 mm ( 0.62 mm ). Labium : Length 1.12–1.15 mm ( 1.15 mm ). Antenna : Segment I length 0.48–0.53 mm (all antennae missing); II, 0.61–0.67 mm ; III, 0.22–0.24 mm ; IV, 0.29–0.32 mm . Pronotum : Median length 0.45–0.50 mm ( 0.46 mm ); posterior width 1.18–1.23 mm ( 1.28 mm ). Similar to male in size, shape, and coloration. Genitalia as in generic description. FIGURES 55–66. Nigrotomocoris and Schaffnerocoris spp. 55, N. nigrus (Carvalho) , male (dorsal aspect). 56, N. nigrus , male (lateral aspect). 57, N. nigrus , female (dorsal aspect). 58, N. tibiopallidus (Carvalho) , male (dorsal aspect). 59, N. tibiopallidus , male (lateral aspect). 60, N. tibiopallidus , female (dorsal aspect). 61, S. fuscotibialis , n. sp. , male (dorsal aspect). 62, S. fuscotibialis , n. sp. , male (lateral aspect). 63, S. pallipes , n. sp. , male (dorsal aspect). 64, S. pallipes , n. sp. , female (dorsal aspect). 65, S. similis , n. sp. , male (dorsal aspect). 66, S. similis , n. sp. , male (lateral aspect). FIGURES 67–77. Male genitalia of Caulotops and Agaveocoris spp. Caulotops platensis : 67, genital capsule. 68, left paramere. 69, right paramere. Agaveocoris agavis : 70, endosoma. 71, left paramere. 72, right paramere. A. barberi : 73, left paramere. 74, right paramere. A. barrerai , n. sp. : 75, left paramere. 76, right paramere. A. bimaculatus , n. sp. : 77, endosoma. 78, left paramere. 79, right paramere. FIGURES 80–93. Male genitalia of Agaveocoris spp. A. dimidiata , n. sp. : 80, endosoma. 81, left paramere. 82, right paramere. A. distanti , n. sp. : 83, endosoma. 84, left paramere. 85, right paramere. A. marginalis , n. sp. : 86, endosoma. 87, left paramere. 88, right paramere. A. roseus , n. sp. : 89, right paramere. 90, left paramere. A. rostratus , n. sp. : 91, endosoma. 92, left paramere. 93, right paramere. FIGURES 94–103. Male genitalia of Agaveocoris and Laterospinocoris spp. A. schaffneri , n. sp. : 94, endosoma. 95, right paramere. 96, left paramere. A. scutellatus , n. sp. : 97, endosoma. 98, left paramere. 99, right paramere. L. cyaneipennis : 100, right paramere. 101, left paramere. L. mexicanus , n. sp. : 102, left paramere. 103, right paramere. HOST. Unknown. DISTRIBUTION. Described and previously known only from Oaxaca , Mexico . Puebla is a new Mexican state record. TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Holotype ♀ , MEXICO : Oaxaca : Cineguillas , 18 Oct. 1978 , H. Brailovsky ( UNAM ). OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED. MEXICO : Oaxaca : 46♂♂ , 89♀ , 3.4 mi. SE Matalan , 6-7 Aug. 1980 , Schaffner , Weaver , Friedlander ( 39♂♂ , 82♀♀ TAMU [136-148, 150, 152-153, 155-164, 167, 169-206, 209-219, 221-224, 226-244, 246-256, 259-266]; 2♂♂ , 2♂♂ , UNAM [165, 168, 257, 258]; 5♂♂ [149, 151, 154, 160, 166], 5♀♀ [207- 208, 220, 225, 245] USNM ); 1 ♂♂ , 2 ♂♂ , Oaxaca , Puerto Angel , km 117, 29 May 1985 , E. Barrera ( UNAM ) . Puebla : 12♂♂ , 6♀♀ , 4 mi. W of Azumbilla , 22 July 1984 , Carroll , Schaffner , & Friedlander ( TAMU ; 3♂♂ [353, 359, 360], 2♀♀ [364-365] USNM ) . DISCUSSION. According to the original description, in addition to the holotype above, two paratypes of N. nigrus , a male and a female ( Mexico , Oaxaca, 6 mi. N Huajuapan , 6 Sept. 1972 , G. F. & S. Hevel ) were placed in the author’s collection, which was destroyed by the fire at the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ( 2 Sept. 2018 ) .