Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae)
Author
Menard, Katrina L.
Author
Schuh, Randall T.
text
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
2011
2011-11-23
2011
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/361.1
journal article
10.1206/361.1
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Schuhistes
Menard
Schuhistes
Menard, 2010: 49
(n. gen.).
DISCUSSION:
Schuhistes
Menard
was placed in the
Leucophoropterini
based on its superficial similarity to
Karoocapsus
and its relatively small, simple endosoma and genital capsule. However, unlike all
Leucophoropterini
,
Schuhistes
has relatively large pulvilli that nearly encompass the length of the underside of the claw (
Menard, 2010
: fig. 3b), and brachypterous, rounded wings in females that barely cover the apex of the abdomen (
Menard, 2010
: fig. 1).
Leucophoropterini
have pulvilli that only partially cover the ventral surface of the claw, and females have complete wings that extend past the apex of the abdomen. With the pending removal of
Karoocapsus
from the
Leucophoropterini
, as well as it grouping with several other South African taxa in the
Phylini
not closely related to the
Leucophoropterini
on the basis of morphological and molecular data (Menard et al., in press),
Schuhistes
is temporarily placed in the
Phylini
pending placement with other South African taxa in a new tribe.