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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214852
a8c0634c-5ac1-492c-9e4f-186169aaafbf
1175-5326
214852
Wygomiris
Schuh
(
Figs. 3
,
4
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
)
Wygomiris
Schuh, 1984
: 96
(n. gen.),
type
species by original designation:
W. mingorum
Schuh, 1984
; Schuh, 1995: 211 (cat.).
FIGURE 10.
Habitus images of
Wygomiris
species, living individuals taken in Thailand (A–B) and Nepal (E–F).
A–B
W. kaliyahae
: holotype male (AMNH_PBI 00379521); B, female (00379524).
C–D
W. nanae
, holotype female (00379518).
E–F
W. ramae
: E, female (00379529); F, female (00379527).
Diagnosis.
Recognized by the non-antlike form (conventional mirid habitus as in
Fig. 10
), simply brownish to fuscous general coloration, mixed dorsal vestiture of recumbent, sericeous setae and semierect, simple setae, more or less terete antennal segments II–IV, trapezoidal pronotum with a distinct collar, exposed mesoscutum, moderately protruding evaporative area of the ostiolar peritreme, weakly fleshy, apically convergent parempodia, slender, rather elongate endosoma sometimes with a few apical spines and a small secondary gonopore (
Fig. 11
), and developed female bursa copuratrix with enlarged, ovoid sclerotized rings and continuous dorsal and ventral labiate plates (
Fig. 9
).
Discussion.
Differing from other auricillocorines, members of
Wygomiris
have the non-antlike, or conventional mirid habitus, the distinct pronotal collar, the castaneous hemelytron without any distinct white maculae posterior to the scutellum, and the weakly fleshy, apically convergent parempodia. They are at first sight very similar to certain species of the
Orthotylinae
(e.g., members of
Ceratocapsus
group known from the New World; visit the following webpage for further information: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/ 20q?search=
Ceratocapsus
).
Schuh (1984)
mentioned that several undescribed species of
Wygomiris
occur in the
Philippines
and New
Guinea
. Therefore, the distribution of this genus now ranges from the Oriental Himalayas to the Australian Region. Four species described by
Schuh (1984)
were all based only on
holotypes
, and
13 specimens
are additionally examined in this study. Because of difficulty to collect enough material, no information is currently available on the biology for
Wygomiris
.