The Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka: A Review of the Subfamily, with Descriptions of Six New Species
Author
Yeshwanth, H. M.
0000-0002-5104-3401
Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru 560 065, India.
Author
Chérot, F.
0000-0001-7918-7012
Département de l’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole, Service Public de Wallonie, Gembloux, BE- 5030, Belgium. frederic. cherot @ spw. wallonie. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7918 - 7012
frederic.cherot@spw.wallonie.be
Author
Henry, T. J.
0000-0002-0653-7728
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, c / o National Museum of Natural History, MRC- 168, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 - 7013 USA.
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-01-07
4903
2
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journal article
7964
10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.1
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Myiomma vittata
McAtee and Malloch, 1932
(
Figs. 8
J–L)
Myiomma vittata
McAtee & Malloch, 1932: 69
(as new species); Schuh 1995: 15 (catalogue), 2002–2013 (online catalogue).
Diagnosis.
Recognised by the pale yellow to brownish colouration, with dark punctures of varying degrees of intensity. Head reddish brown, with two pale yellow spots between eyes. Antennal segments fuscous, except the distal part of the second segment. Pronotum brown, with a complete yellowish band medially, two incomplete yellowish bands sub-laterally, and a narrow yellowish band along the hind margin. Scutellum with dark punctures of varying degrees of intensity. Scutellum with basal angles, a subapical transverse stripe, and the extreme apex yellowish. Base of each clavus and proximal two thirds of each corium yellowish; apical part of corium brown to dark brown; cuneus paler except at apex. Underside of thorax and abdomen reddish brown. Total length
3.25 mm
(
McAtee & Malloch 1932
).
Type material examined.
Holotype
(³):
SRI
L
anka
(as
Ceylon
): Pattipola, 1902, 2000 metres,
Biró
leg. (
ZMHF
).
Distribution.
Sri Lanka
.
Biology.
Unknown.