Graziaphylus, a new genus and two new species of Eremophila-feeding (Scrophulariceae) Phylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Australia
Author
Schuh, Randall T.
0000-0002-0713-1367
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York 10024 USA & schuh @ amnh. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0713 - 1367
schuh@amnh.org
Author
Salas, Ruth
0000-0003-4493-7842
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York 10024 USA & rsalas @ amnh. org; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4493 - 7842
rsalas@amnh.org
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-14
4958
1
319
326
journal article
7229
10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.18
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Graziaphylus nigripes
,
new species
(
Figs 3, 4
,
18
,
Table 1
)
Holotype
. Male.
AUSTRALIA
:
Western Australia
:
46.5 km
W of Yalgoo,
28.41302
°
S
116.2151
°
E
,
600 m
,
27 Oct 1996
, Schuh and Cassis,
Eremophila forrestii
F. Muell. subsp.
forrestii
(Scrophulariaceae)
, det. PERTH staff PERTH 05120705,
1♂
(
AMNH
_PBI 00087344) (
WAMP
).
Paratypes
:
AUSTRALIA
:
Western Australia
:
46.5 km
W of
Yalgoo
,
28.41302
°
S
116.2151
°
E
,
600 m
,
27 Oct 1996
, Schuh and Cassis,
Eremophila forrestii
F. Muell. subsp.
forrestii
(Scrophulariaceae)
, det. PERTH staff PERTH 05120705,
4♀
(00087345, 00415326–00415328),
1♂
(00415322) (
AM
)
;
4♀
(00415324, 00415325, 00415332, 00415333),
1♂
(00415323) (
AMNH
)
;
3♀
(00415329–00415331) (
WAMP
)
.
Etymology:
Named for the dark-colored legs. From the Latin,
niger
, black, and
pes
, foot.
Diagnosis:
Recognized by the attributes given in the generic diagnosis, the overall length of the male (2.91), the legs castaneous/black except for the tibiae and tarsi, and the dorsum and thoracic pleuron with numerous shining, silvery, scalelike setae (
Figs. 3, 4
).
Description:
Male
: Body conformation as in generic description; total length 2.74–3.18, width across pronotum 1.16–1.21. COLORATION (
Fig. 3
): As in generic description; legs almost entirely black/castaneous, except tibiae and tarsi. SURFACE AND VESTITURE (
Fig. 3
): As in generic description, with recumbent, dark, simple setae intermixed with relatively numerous shining, silvery, scalelike setae on dorsum (
Fig. 3
); dorsal margin of meso- and metapleuron broadly with numerous silvery, shining, scalelike setae; abdominal venter with numerous recumbent shining setae. STRUCTURE: As in generic description. GENITALIA (
Fig. 18
): Apical endosomal spine with one lateral barb; otherwise as in generic description.
Female
: As in generic description; total length 2.94–3.24, width pronotum 1.16–1.33. COLORATION (
Fig. 4
): As in male. SURFACE AND VESTITURE (
Fig. 4
): As in male. STRUCTURE (
Fig. 4
): Similar to male, but more broadly ovoid.
Distribution:
Known from the Northern Goldfields region,
Western Australia
.
Host:
Eremophila forrestii
F. Muell. subsp.
forrestii
(Scrophulariaceae)
.