Revision of the genus Kunungua (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) with descriptions of three new species and new generic synonymy
Author
Bolshakova, Darya S.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Author
Konstantinov, Fedor V.
0000-0002-7013-5686
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria & Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
text
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
2024
2024-07-31
71
1
219
239
journal article
10.3897/dez.71.122735
74733A0A-16A8-4FBB-9690-E822DA98FC4B
Kunungua pallida
Linnavuori, 1975
Figs 6 E
,
7 H incertae sedis
Kunungua pallida
Linnavuori, 1975: 4
.
Redescription.
(based on
Linnavuori (1975)
and images of the
holotype
).
Female.
Colouration
.
Pale, greenish yellow; head ochraceous; antennae, labium, calli, cuneus, and legs pale yellow, tarsal segment III darkened, greyish yellow; collar yellowish; pronotal disk and corium greyish yellow, probably greenish yellow in life; clavus uniformly greyish green.
Surface and vestiture
.
Dorsum with short, pale and erect simple setae, longest on clavus; pronotum deeply punctate; legs with short simple setae.
Structure
.
Total length
4 mm
, body 2.75 times as long as broad.
Head 0.4 times as broad as pronotum; frons broadly rounded; clypeus slightly swollen; vertex with a medial furrow, 2.12 times as wide as eye; basal one-fourth of antennal segment I distinctly thinner than remainder of segment; antennal segment I related to segment II as 9: 16; eye reaching collar dorsoposteriorly, neck not distinctive; labium reaching mesocoxa.
Thorax. Pronotum 1.17 times as broad as long; pronotal disk strongly convex, posterior margin straight; scutellum triangular, small, about 0.43 times as wide and 0.3 times as long as pronotum.
Legs. Slender.
Hemelytron. Semitransparent; cuneus relatively short, the distance between apex of cuneus and apex of membrane about three-quarters of cuneal length; membranal vein strongly curved distally, forming an acute angle.
Genitalia
.
Unknown.