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 ramae
new species
(
Figs. 3
,
4
,
9
,
10
E–F, 11)
Diagnosis.
Recognized by the medium size, almost unicolorously chestnut brown dorsum, small eye, wide vertex, weakly terete antenna, and form of the genitalia. Based on the similarity of the male endosoma (uniquely with three apical appendages), this new species is assumed to be sister to
W. mingorum
Schuh
known from
Hong Kong
; but it differs from
W. ramae
in having the golden brown contrasting with castaneous coloration and the weakly convex lateral corial margins.
Description.
Body unicolorously chestnut brown, elongate oval, moderate in size; dorsal surface weakly shining, with simple, semierect setae, long, erect setae, and silvery, reclining setae. Head weakly shining; eye small; vertex wide. Antenna reddish brown, weakly terete; segment I and basal 1/3 of segment II yellowish brown.
Labium dull brown, reaching apex of mesocoxa. Pronotum somewhat shagreened, with uniformly distributed, simple, semierect setae; collar about as thick as base of antennal segment II; pleura dark brown; median part of ostiolar peritreme protruding. Hemelytron shagreened, with densely distributed, silvery, reclining setae and sparsely distributed, long, erect setae; membrane smoky brown. All coxae and legs brown or dark brown, partly tinged with red. Abdomen chestnut brown, weakly shining.
Male genitalia
(
Figs. 4
,
11
): Genital segment with a ventral spine (
Fig. 4
). Right paramere straight; left paramere with developed hypophysis. Phallotheca L-shaped, tapered, tapered apically. Endosoma with tree apical appendages.
Female genitalia
(
Fig. 9
): Bursa copulatrix with rather narrowed dorsal labiate plate; sclerotized ring elongate ovoid.
Measurements
. 3/Ƥ: Total body length 3.3/ 3.3–3.6; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 2.25/ 2.45–2.55; head width across eyes 0.63/ 0.62–0.63; vertex width 0.26/ 0.28–0.30; lengths of antennal segment I–IV 0.20, 0.77, 0.51, 0.44/ 0.21–0.23, 0.84–0.86, 0.51–0.54, 0.41–0.44; labial length 1.05/ 1.05–1.07; mesal pronotal length 0.62/ 0.63–0.64; basal pronotal width 1.05/ 1.05–1.08; width across hemelytron 1.08/ 1.27–1.34; and lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus [3 hind legs missing]/ 1.05–1.10, 1.39–1.49, 0.28–0.30.
Etymology.
Named after Ram Keshari Duwal, an enthusiastic Nepalese heteropterist.
Distribution.
Nepal
(Kathmandu Valley).
Biology.
Currently a univoltine life cycle is assumed for this new species, which is a single representative inhabiting the temperate climate zone and in need of hibernation.
Holotype
:
3,
NEPAL
:
Kathmandu: Samakhusi, 27˚43'52”N, 85˚18'47.5”E,
1,305 m
alt., light trap,
27 Jun 2005
, T. Yasunaga (
AMNH
_PBI 00379526) (
NMTU
).
Paratype
.
4Ƥ, same data as for the
holotype
except for date,
30 May
,
13 Jun
,
9 Jul
&
23 Jul 2005
(00379527–00379530) (
TYCN
).