The Indian Mecistoscelini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review
Author
Yeshwanth, H. M.
Author
Chérot, F.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-13
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journal article
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Mystilus
Distant, 1904
Mystilus
Distant,1904: 420
(as new genus).
Mystilus
:
Lansbury 1963: 7
(diagnosis, key of species);
Pathak 1969: 17
(key of
Indian species);
Schuh 1995: 684
(catalog);
Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 202
(catalog);
Schuh
2002
–2013 (online catalog).
Type
species by original designation:
Mystilus priamus
Distant, 1904
, monobasic.
FIGURES 22–25.
Habitus in dorsal view of
Mystilus
types preserved in BMNH. 22.
Mystilus antrami
Distant, 1909
. 23.
Mystilus manni
Distant, 1909
(new synonym of
M. antrami
). 24.
Mystilus carinatus
Lansbury, 1963
. 25.
Mystilus priamus
Distant, 1904
.
Diagnosis.
Proportionally smaller bug, total length ranging from
3.75 to 5 mm
. Appendices (antenna and legs) proportionally shorter. First antennal segment thicker, about as long as the head and pronotum together. Labium elongate, reaching the fifth or the sixth abdominal segment (
Lansbury 1963
). Apex of femora widened. Cuneus barely longer than wide at base. Ostiolar peritreme dark brown. Left paramere with short, thin setae subapically on its dorso-outer margin. Body of right paramere wide, frequently swollen.
Distribution.
India
(
Assam
,
Kerala
),
Myanmar
,
Philippine Islands
(Luzon, Mindanao),
Sri Lanka
.
Four species in
India
.