Two new species of the mirine plant bug genus Adelphocorisella (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae: Mirini) from central Thailand
Author
Yasunaga, Tomohide
Author
Shishido, Takayuki
Author
Yamada, Kazutaka
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2016
2016-08-19
64
250
256
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4504366
2345-7600
4504366
048868C8-8F1B-4202-9991-F8FA0E2B5CE4
Adelphocorisella sarika
,
new species
(
Figs. 1A, B
,
2 B, C
,
4
)
Material examined.
Holotype
:
male,
THAILAND
:
Nakhon Nayok
,
Sarika
,
N14°18’39”
E101°18’00”
, at light, coll.
T
.
Yasunaga, K
. Yamada,
16 June 2009
(
AMNH
_
PBI 00380438
) (
DOA
)
.
Paratypes
:
THAILAND
:
1 male
,
Nakhon Nayok
,
Sarika
,
N14°18’39”
E101°18’00”
, at light, coll.
T
.
Yasunaga
,
19 December 2010
(00380439) (
TYCN
)
;
1 male
,
Nakhon Ratchasima
,
Wang Nam Khieo
,
Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
(
SERS
),
N14°30’27”
E101°55’39”
,
410 m
alt.,
UV
light trap, coll.
T
.
Yasunaga, K
.
Yamada
,
12−14 June 2009
(00380440) (
TYCN
)
.
Diagnosis.
Recognised by its smallest size among congeners; generally short antenna; chestnut brown, weakly mottled pronotum and hemelytron (
Fig. 1A, B
); long metatibia; sharply curved hypophysis of left paramere; triangular, apically pointed hypophysis of right paramere; and broad endosomal spiculum (
Fig. 4
). A combination of these characters enables this new species to be distinguished from any other species of
Adelphocorisella
.
Description.
Body elongate oval, nearly parallel-sided; dorsal surface chestnut brown, widely matte, with uniformly distributed, brown, simple setae and densely distributed, reclining silvery setae (
Fig. 1A, B
). Head reddish brown, mottled with yellow. Antenna yellowish brown; segment I with reddish brown spots. Labium shiny pale brown, reaching abdominal sternum VI; basal 2/3 of segment I and apical half of IV chocolate brown. Pronotum chestnut brown, weakly shining, slightly mottled anteriorly, with yellow posterior margin; collar reddish brown, matte, speckled with yellow spots; pleura reddish brown, mottled with yellow; ostiolar peritreme creamy yellow; scutellum chestnut brown, somewhat darkened posteriorly, sometimes with pale apex. Hemelytron matte, without significant mottled pattern; lateral margin of embolium narrowly yellow, speckled with red spots; cuneus yellow, with dark base and apex, speckled with red spots; membrane smoky brown, with irregular pale marks posterior to apex of cuneus; membrane vein usually tinged with red. Coxa and leg yellowish brown; procoxa widely reddish brown; meso- and metacoxae each with a reddish brown spot subbasally; all femora speckled with small, reddish brown spots; pro- and mesofemora sanguineous brown basally; metafemur widely chestnut brown dorsally (
Fig. 1A, B
), with a sanguineous stripe at basal 1/4 along anterior margin (
Fig. 2B, C
); tibial spines pale or reddish brown. Abdomen matte, yellowish brown, ventrally with a pair of reddish brown stripes (continuing from metacoxae to paired, lateral large marks on pygophore) and with scattered, red, small spots (
Fig. 2B
).
Male genitalia
(
Fig. 4
): Left paramere rather long, with sharply curved hypophysis; right paramere short and broad, with triangular, pointed hypophysis. Apex of phallotheca narrowly keeled. Endosoma with clear sclerite ‘c’ (sclerite C sensu
Malipatil & Chérot, 2002
), and comparatively developed, weakly curved and apically tapered spiculum.
Female
: Unknown.
Measurements.
Male: Total body length 3.9−4.3; width of head across eyes 0.88−0.94; width of vertex 0.24−0.27; lengths of antennal segments I−IV 0.61−0.64, 1.88−1.94, 1.61−1.72, 0.88−0.98; length of labium 1.96−2.06; basal width of pronotum 1.25−1.28; maximum width across hemelytron 1.49−1.55; and length of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 2.13−2.21, 3.18−3.26, 0.51−0.59.
Biology.
Unknown; all available specimens were collected at light. Collection records suggest this mirid has two or more generations per year.
Etymology.
Named for the
type
locality, Sarika in
Nakhon Nayok Province
.