Revision of the plant bug genus Xenocylapidius (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), with descriptions of five new species from Australia and New Caledonia
Author
Wolski, Andrzej
Author
Gorczyca, Jacek
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.8015
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.459.8015
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Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae
Xenocylapidius gressitti Gorczyca
Figures 6, 13, 48
Xenocylapidius
gressitti
Gorczyca 1999
: 16, 19, Fig. 3 (sp. n.),
2006
: 70 (catalog).
Diagnosis.
Recognized by the following set of characters: dorsum with a mottled, dark brownish yellow coloration (Fig. 6); pronotal collar indistinct; femora entirely blackish, except for pale yellow annulation at basal one third of mesofemur.
Most similar to
Xenocylapidius acutipennis
,
Xenocylapidius bioculatus
,
Xenocylapidius gemellus
, and
Xenocylapidius tamasi
in sharing mottled dorsal coloration (Figs 1, 4, 5-6, 8).
Xenocylapidius gressitti
can, however, be distinguished by the coloration of femora.
Biology.
Unknown.
Distribution.
New Caledonia (North Province) (Fig. 48).
Type material.
Holotype ♀: New Caledonia, Col des Roussettes, 450-550 m, 4-6. II.63; J. L. Gressitt Collector (BPBM).
Figure 48. Distribution map of
Xenocylapidius
spp.