Revised classification of the New World Cylapini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae): taxonomic review of the genera Cylapinus, Cylapoides and Peltidocylapus and a morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of tribe Cylapini
Author
Wolski, Andrzej
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-12-06
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Peltidocylapus nubilus
(
Distant, 1893
)
(
Fig. 5a
)
Cylapus nubilus
Distant, 1893: 421
(sp. nov).
Cylapus nubilus
:
Bergroth 1920: 71
(list);
Carvalho & Dolling 1976: 803
(discussion of
type
).
Cylapus
(
Cylapus
)
nubilus
:
Carvalho 1957: 30
(catalog).
Peltidocylapus nubilus
:
Carvalho & Fontes 1968: 276
(list);
Carvalho & Dolling 1976: 803
(discussion of
type
);
Schuh 1995: 32
(catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog);
Gorczyca 2006a: 18
(catalog).
Diagnosis
. Recognized by the following set of characters: dorsum mostly dark brown; antennal segment II entirely dark brown; pronotal disc without any swelling medially; scutellum with weakly convex, narrow longitudinal swelling medially (
Fig 5a
).
Description.
Female.
COLORATION
(
Fig 5a
). Dark brown with small yellow areas.
Head
. Dark brown; antenna and labium dark brown.
Thorax
.
Pronotum, scutellum, and mesoscutum
. Dark brown.
Thoracic pleura
. Dark brown; metathoracic scent gland evaporative areas yellow.
Hemelytron
. Dark brown; clavus with small yellowish patch subapically, bordering claval suture.
Legs
. Dark brown with brown areas; femora with dark yellow band near apex.
Abdomen
. Dark brown, tinged with dark yellow.
TEXTURE AND VESTITURE
(
Fig 5a
).
Thorax
.
Mesoscutum and scutellum
. Covered with short, fine, recumbent setae.
Hemelytron
. Covered with vestigial, adpressed vestiture.
STRUCTURE
(
Fig 5a
).
Thorax
.
Pronotum
. Posterior lobe flat.
Scutellum
. With weakly convex, narrow longitudinal medial swelling.
Male. Unknown.
Measurements
.
Lectotype
♀
.
Body
. Length: 4.40, width 1.40.
Head
. Length: 0.45, width: 0.97, interocular distance 0.32.
Antenna
. Length of segment I: 0.52, II: 1.6, III and IV broken.
Labium
. Immeasurable, obscured by clue.
Pronotum
. Length: 0.67, width of anterior margin: 0.82, length of lateral margin: 0.62, width of posterior margin: 1.45.
Biology
. Unknown.
Distribution
.
Panama
(
Chiriquí
).
Remarks
. Most like
P. cerbereus
in sharing relatively small body (smaller than 5.0 mm) and corium uniformly colored (
Figs 4c
,
5a
).
P. cerbereus
can be distinguished by the lack of pale patches on each basolateral angle of scutellum and uniformly colored antennal segment II.
Type material
.
Lectotype
♀
:
Lectotype
(round label);
V
. de
Chiriqui
25–4000 ft.
Champion
;
B.C.A. Hem.
I
Cylapus nubilus
(
BMNH
)
.