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
Artchawakomius moteus
new species
(
Figs. 1
C–D, 2, 3, 4, 8)
Diagnosis.
Recognized by the amber-brown basic coloration, and polished pronotum and scutellum that are not pruinosed or shagreened, in addition to the characters mentioned in generic diagnosis.
Description.
Male
: Body generally amber-brown; dorsal surface shiny. Antenna yellowish brown, except for darkened segment IV. Pronotum and scutellum polished; anterior lobe of pronotum transversely wrinkled; apical scutellar spine dark brown; ostiolar peritreme creamy yellow. Hemelytron less shining, with three white maculae each on middle clavus, and base and subapical part of corium; corium chestnut brown posterior to apical white macula (anterior to cuneal fracture); cuneus fuscous; membrane smoky brown, except for pale, translucent apical and posterior margins. All coxae and legs pale brown. Male genital segment widely infuscate.
Male genitalia
(
Fig. 2
): Right paramere somewhat tapered toward apex; apical membranous area of endosoma not developed.
Female
: Unknown.
Measurements
. 3: Total body length 3.0–3.1/ 3.0–3.2; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 2.22–2.35; head width across eyes 0.69–0.71; vertex width 0.25–0.27; lengths of antennal segment I–IV 0.20–0.23, 0.87–0.90, 0.55–0.57, 0.42–0.45; labial length 0.84–0.86; mesal pronotal length 0.63–0.69; basal pronotal width 0.76–0.78; width across hemelytron 0.76–0.84; and lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 0.97–1.02, 1.48–1.52, 0.26–0.27.
Etymology.
From a
Thai
noun ‘Mot (= ant)’, Latinized as an adjective.
Distribution.
Thailand
(Nakhon Ratchasima Prov.).
Biology.
A bivoltine life cycle is assumed for this new species; specimens were each collected in February and August. This species resembles certain ants that similarly have brownish or amber coloration and slender body form, such as very aggressive
Oecophylla
species (
Formicinae
). If this mirid were associated with these ants, the body form of
A. moteus
would allude to Batesian mimicry.
Holotype
:
3,
THAILAND
:
Nakhon Ratchasima Prov.:
SERS
, 14˚30'27”N, 101˚55'39”E,
410 m
alt., light trap,
25–27 Feb 2009
, T. Yasunaga (
AMNH
_PBI 00379511) (
SUT
).
Paratype
.
THAILAND
:
13, same locality as for
holotype
, light trap,
19-21 Aug 2008
, T. Yasunaga & B Shishido (00379512) (
TYCN
).