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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Paloniella parallela
Yasunaga & Hayashi, 2002
(
Figs. 3A
,
6I
,
21
A–E)
Paloniella parallela
Yasunaga & Hayashi, 2002: 98–99
(as new species, DV);
Schuh 2002
–2013 (online catalogue).
Diagnosis
. Recognised by uniformly brown coloration, parallel sided head, and ovate body. Dorsum uniformly punctate, densely covered by shiny setae. Antennal segment I pale brown; basal and apical third dark brown; segment II dark brown, pale medially; segment III and IV pale brown. Labium brown, extending to apex of hind coxa. Mesoscutum basally dark brown. Scutellum with dark brown spot toward apex. Legs pale brown; all femora swollen; hind femur greatly enlarged; tarsi two segmented. Detailed measurements in
Table 1
.
Material examined
.
INDIA
:
4♀
,
Karnataka
,
Chikkaballapura
,
Nandi Hills
,
13
°
22.320’N
,
77
°
741.108’ E
,
1443m
,
5.v.2011
,
Yeshwanth, H. M.
leg, ex: bark of
Grewia
sp
.;
7♀
,
Chikkaballapura
,
Nandi Hills
,
13
°
38’N
,
77
°
70 E
,
1478m
,
18.vii.2015
,
Yeshwanth, H. M.
leg, ex: bark of
Grewia
sp
.
Distribution
.
India
(
Karnataka
) and
Japan
Biology
. Nymphs and adults were collected on the bark of
Grewia
sp. (
Malvaceae
) covered with lichens (
Figs. 21
A–E). Although this species has been observed by the first author every year since 2015, only females have been found so far.