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
Cleotomiroides
Schuh
(
Figs. 3
,
4
,
5
D–F, 7, 8, 9, 12)
Cleotomiroides
Schuh, 1984
: 91
(n. gen.),
type
species by original designation:
C. ferrugineus
Schuh, 1984
; Schuh, 1995: 211 (cat.);
Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999
: 278
(cat.).
Diagnosis.
Externally very similar to
Cleotomiris
Schuh
, from which this genus can be distinguished by the slender and almost linear antennal segments II–IV, strongly protruding evaporative area of the ostiolar peritreme, noticeably broadened endosoma that is furnished apically with some appendages, and small but thick-rimmed sclerotized rings of the bursae. Detailed diagnosis and description were provided by
Schuh (1984)
.
Discussion.
The similarity between
Cleotomiroides
and
Cleotomiris
appears only superficial, judging from the structures of the antenna, metathoracic scent efferent system, and male and female genitalia.
Specimens representing several probably undescribed species of
Cleotomiroides
from
China
(Hubei), Java and Borneo are documented (
Schuh, 1984
). Therefore, the distribution of this genus ranges widely from the warm temperate zones of eastern Asia to the tropical Sundaland.