Plant bugs of the tribe Bothriomirini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) from the Oriental Region: descriptions of eight new species and keys to Oriental genera and species of Bothriomiris Kirkaldy, Dashymenia Poppius, and Dashymeniella Poppius
Author
Wolski, Andrzej
Author
Gorczyca, Jacek
text
Zootaxa
2012
3412
1
41
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214715
4eb4d325-9c9f-423d-b231-99d88173627a
1175-5326
214715
Key to species of
Dashymenia
1. Body smaller than
3.5 mm
; antennal segment I short, shorter than half width of vertex, narrowed basally, strongly broadened
towards apex, nearly triangular in outline; sensory lobe of left paramere with characteristically curved process (see Gorczyca & Wolski 2006:
Fig 3
).........................................................
D. kerzhneri
Gorczyca & Wolski
- Body larger than
3.5 mm
; antennal segment I longer than half width of vertex, usually cylindrical or slightly narrowed basally (
Fig. 74
); sensory lobe of left paramere usually flattened or indistinctly convex..................................... 2
2. Scutellum entirely dark brown to black (
Fig. 7
); antennal segment IV with relatively broad, dark brown or reddish annulation basally and apically (
Fig. 7
)............................................................................. 3
- Scutellum with more or less developed, yellowish or orange tinge apically (
Figs. 5–6, 10–12
); antennal segment IV entirely yellow to dirty yellowish............................................................................... 4
3. Antennal segment II with numerous brown spots (
Fig. 7
).....................................
D
.
conspersa
sp. nov.
- Antennal segment II brown, paler basally................................................
D
.
macgillavryi
Poppius
4. Pronotum orange with broad, black patch along midline of posterior lobe and with broad, orange transverse stripe on corium apically; scutellum entirely orange.........................................................
D
.
croesus
(Distant)
- Pronotum dark brown to blackish, only with yellowish or orange tinge laterally, if pronotum entirely blackish, then dorsum is blackish with contrasting orange patch on scutellum and hemelytron apically; hemelytron entirely dark brown or with relatively narrow, orange patch on corium apically.............................................................. 5
5. Head entirely dark brown................................................................
D
.
remus
(Distant)
- Head varying from yellow, sometimes with brownish tinges to reddish or brownish (
Figs. 5–6, 9–12
)................... 6
6. Antennal segment I uniformly reddish or dark red (
Figs. 10–11
); DSS long, straight, and sharply pointed (
D
.
tenmalai
) (
Fig. 80
)................................................................................................. 7
- Antennal segment I yellowish, with reddish rings: one situated beyond base and other situated apically (
Figs. 5–6, 12
), if reddish rings absent, then yellow stripes at sides of pronotum well developed (
Fig. 9
); DSS more or less distinctly curved, not sharply pointed (
Figs. 57, 60
,
84
)......................................................................... 8
7. Scutellum orange, with distinct dark brown patch medially, originating from base (
Figs. 10–11
).......
D
.
tenmalai
sp. nov.
- Scutellum black brown basally, yellow red apically........................................
D
.
convexicollis
Poppius
8. Antennal segment I entirely yellow without reddish annulations; yellow stripes at sides of pronotum well developed, occupying nearly one third of its surface (
Fig. 9
)............................................
D
.
kotejai
Wolski & Gorczyca
- Antennal segment I yellowish, with reddish rings: one situated beyond base and other situated apically (
Figs. 5–6, 12
); yellow stripes at sides of pronotum distinctly narrower, hardly visible in dorsal view (
Figs. 5–6, 12
).......................... 9
9. Lateral yellow stripe on pronotum narrow, not visible in dorsal view (
Fig. 12
); MES and PES almost straight and relatively small (
Fig. 84
)...........................................................................
D. webbi
sp. nov.
- Lateral yellow stripe on pronotum broader, well visible in dorsal view (
Figs. 5–6
); MES strongly curved, sharply pointed apically; PES composed of two sclerites: one large and hook-shaped, other distinctly narrowed toward apex (
Figs. 57, 60
).... 10
10. PES with smaller sclerite obtuse and large hook-shaped sclerite without swelling posteriorly (
Figs. 60–61
, arrows).............................................................................................
D
.
colubrina
sp. nov.
- PES with smaller sclerite sharply pointed, hook-shaped sclerite with swelling posteriorly (
Figs. 57–58
, arrows).................................................................................................
D
.
cognata
sp. nov.