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<paragraph id="F798E08287D87FE026FD1104F8CBCC4E" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Type material.</paragraph>
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male, pinned. Original label: &quot;United States: Texas: Jeff Davis Co.: Davis Mountains Nature Preserve, McIvor Conservation Center,
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, 5902 ft, 17.v.2022, K Menard, UV light&quot; (TAMU).
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: United States: Texas: Jeff Davis Co., Davis Mountains Resort, 5800 ft, (Marqua residence), UV,
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, 14.x.2011, EG Riley, X0893871 (TAMU), 1 ♂; same collecting event as holotype (USNM), 1♂; Davis Mountains Nature Preserve, McIvor Conservation Center, 30.694554, -104.121378, 5902 ft, 17.v.2022, K Menard, found on
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(
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) (UCONN), 1♂ 1♀.
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<paragraph id="7F24B1E01404F4E3B9DCCA960001466C" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Recognized by the following characteristics of the
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species group, but unique in lacking a blunt tubercle on the male genital capsule: the large, elongate body form; short, elliptical head with large eyes, the slightly shiny dorsal surface, vestiture and scutellum without scale-like setae, the elongate right paramere, and the large and coarsely serrate sclerotized process of the endosoma.
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<paragraph id="C55C45F2CE60C05A994FB2C02C0B96EE" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Description.</paragraph>
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(
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= 3): Macropterous, medium sized, lateral margins parallel-sided. Total length apex to apex membrane 4.63-4.88 mm, widest point across hemelytra 1.5-1.63 mm; general coloration dark brown (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="9A19FE86CDBD188628069E69C7395B9D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Figure 2.</emphasis>
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sp. nov.
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male dorsal habitus
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male lateral view
<emphasis id="93F1D01B9E32C743B926BB8DE7A890D1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">C</emphasis>
female dorsal habitus
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endosoma
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right paramere in lateral view
<emphasis id="CA76D1E7F6FA8BADECA75C60DCE848E0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">F</emphasis>
left paramere in lateral view.
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Coloration.
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: yellowish white with dark brown to black mottling across vertex and frons increasing in coverage ventrally, apical portion dark brown and ventral margins of clypeus, maxillary plate, and buccula white, labrum golden-brown; first segment of labium pale with thin red stripe along length, second and third segments yellowish, apical segment dark brown; antennal segment I primarily dark brown to black with relatively widely distributed pale maculae along length, segments II and III dark brown with narrow band of white at basal joint with previous segments, segment IV completely dark brown; eyes brownish burgundy.
<emphasis id="DE48D352BD8757CA96D77392AC64E829" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Thorax</emphasis>
: dorsum of propleura dark brown on apical three-fourths with whitish coloration on ventral 1/4 adjacent to xyphus and part of procoxae, mesopleura dark brown excluding white margins of spiracle, metapleura dark brown with ventral
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of ostiolar peritreme and all of spiracle whitish yellow (Fig.
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), anterior of pronotum and collar whitish yellow with burgundy-brown maculation increasing in coverage distally towards posterior portion, posterior portion of pronotum primarily dark brown with medial horse-shoe-shaped area of paler coloration whose distal apices on posterior margin of pronotum transition to white coloration and interior margin of shape possesses irregular dark brown line adjacent to distal white line to form weak spine-like pattern in dorsal view, mesoscutellum dark brown with two lateral whitish yellow spots, scutellum primarily whitish yellow with two thin dark brown vertical lines adjacent to median that separate posteriorly to form inverted Y-shape pattern; all coxae pale yellowish white with dark brown spot on anterior-basal surfaces, all femora pale whitish yellow basally with increasing dense coverage of black maculae distally, pro-tibiae with basal margin pale yellowish white followed by three bands of dark annuli terminating in dark band at apex of tarsomeres, meso-tibiae matching in pattern to pro-tibiae except terminating in pale band at apex, meta-tibiae completely dark brown with partial white band on ventral surface medially, all tarsal segments dark brown.
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: predominantly pale grey with dark grey and white patches and black mottling, clavus primarily dark grey on anterior 1/2 transitioning to large white patch mainly distributed along claval suture, corium grey with diffuse brown patches more defined in shape distally, costal margin with dark and pale checkerboard pattern, area of corium adjacent to medial 2/3 of cuneus with large whitish yellow patch extending distally into basal margin of cuneus, with remaining surface coloration of cuneus dark brown with white maculae, membrane with dense brown maculae and single white patches along lateral margins adjacent cuneus apex, veins brown to dark brown.
<emphasis id="A49EAD4E65DAB89863494DEDF2231FB2" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Abdomen</emphasis>
: dark brown, margins of gonopore paler brown.
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<emphasis id="19137BC87CC90C4D0326AD19C80A7661" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Surface and vestiture.</emphasis>
dorsal surface of head, pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum and hemelytra with long black erect setae mixed with silvery-sericeous setae and some dark setae in defined patches on apex of clavus and interior margin of cuneus, hemelytral surface texture relatively smooth and shiny.
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Structure:
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: tylus and clypeus not visible in dorsal view, vertex relatively rounded and slightly declining posteriorly and dorsal surface of eyes surpassing vertex in lateral view, eyes relatively large with total height&gt; 1/2 total height head in lateral view, interocular distance less than width of single eye, antennal segment I length greater than width of head, apex of labium extending to genital capsule.
<emphasis id="D36B0D80896DD0026AB76C229D9617A5" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Thorax</emphasis>
: collar relatively thin but well developed, pronotum trapezoidal in shape with developed calli and posterior margin weakly concave, mesoscutum and scutellum relatively flat with declining margins towards clavus, legs relatively narrow with hind legs elongate, pretarsus with convergent parempodia and developed pulvillus. Hemelytra: lateral margins parallel sided, cuneus with shallow declivity.
<emphasis id="584752F64B67F8DB792BD9BAB4E14B45" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Abdomen</emphasis>
: ~ &lt;1/2 of total body length, apex not reaching apex of wing membrane, genital capsule relatively small being 1/3 total length of abdomen.
<emphasis id="79539B444987767514B9B14C451DE04E" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Genitalia</emphasis>
: genital capsule without a tubercule on left margin of gonopore. Endosoma with primary membranous sac developed into three well developed lobes, two of whose apices extend past adjacent sclerotized process anterior margin; right sclerotized process overall shape cone-like, with serrated margin on interior lateral edge comprised of nine
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curved medially, bean-shaped sclerotized patch adjacent to median with spine-like processes (Fig.
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). Left paramere C-shaped with post-medial indentation on dorsal surface, broadening distally until abruptly terminating into ventrally oriented, hook-like apex (Fig.
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). Right paramere elongate and narrow with angulate anterior curvature at apex also terminating into defined point (Fig.
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<emphasis id="B261B355F86B146493CD8879F95FCAC0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Females</emphasis>
(
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= 2). Same as males in coloration, surface, vestiture and structure aside from being slightly smaller and having relatively wider interocular distance relative to width of head (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="63DAAE399850C4F7406439B16BC75834" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Measurements.</emphasis>
Table
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.
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<paragraph id="D0DB626FFFB2D853D69DB1B0B441CBCF" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Hosts.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC3F6353B5483D4171C74D78F1202B3B" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
<taxonomicName id="A3171DD02D00711B90CF132881F2B726" authorityName="Liebmann" authorityYear="1854" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus grisea" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="species" species="grisea">
<emphasis id="EA514E956D933B78916AFAAA70AD66BB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Quercus grisea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Liebmann (
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).
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<subSubSection id="FE762699E9670110131DB9F68563356A" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="9273A3913E2F5B665565A128A909C1B7" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="150F657307F7346956D45D4CC473D744" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis County and Brewster County, Texas.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C4A1FF78B9C07CD736C05592329F27AB" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="28BF8C2B215CB95CF8CDBE358D42F080" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4B4F5E4B6A2FA6CD52E8FDE317ED34EC" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
Named for the McIvor Conservation Center of the Nature
<normalizedToken id="4AFDCC392B620DEC6A1998A18C82931B" originalValue="Conservancys">Conservancy's</normalizedToken>
Davis Mountains Preserve, where this species was discovered on an adjacent oak tree and light sheet. Noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DAB5491EFC0F2D23849BCBCDFBE279D6" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="2B510C0DD194D4E4266A2E392958816C" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E9AD47B04E45F6F32F5ABFFFB45C8B1D" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
<taxonomicName id="ED27BEFF871D0C8510C106C040CA76B5" authorityName="Menard &amp; Schwartz" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Phytocoris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phytocoris mcivor" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mcivor">
<emphasis id="520744AA725A2AE965DF69566C9E6D5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris mcivor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. appears to be most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="BBCA8B1CBBCAB5B5AE0D24C31499B59E" authorityName="Stonedahl" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Phytocoris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phytocoris quercinus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quercinus">
<emphasis id="037D6733C953C3DA8F697DECE72000DE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris quercinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Stonedahl and
<taxonomicName id="C9F67A53D11B9DE533A8382B3340FC04" authorityName="Stonedahl" authorityYear="1988" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Phytocoris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phytocoris intermontanus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="intermontanus">
<emphasis id="05C1CB7443559A47509E216E694799BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris intermontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Stonedahl of
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<normalizedToken id="F5308E6C5DAC264C57F0350C829E7E9E" originalValue="Stonedahls">Stonedahl's</normalizedToken>
(1988)
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<taxonomicName id="0CF00AB3F86D3EDA3CE51EE7999D9CBC" authorityName="Knight" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Phytocoris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phytocoris junceus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="junceus">
<emphasis id="B81D053C88B06F0BCEE7FE05E306C8E4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris junceus</emphasis>
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species group, and in fact keys to the couplet separating the two. The apices of the tibiae are pale in coloration which should key it out to
<taxonomicName id="FD89B5CA94BA208E9B3F03C07FBDA3E6" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. quercinus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="quercinus">
<emphasis id="29FB0C0B39FCEB8EE2143617396A8196" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. quercinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the shaft of the left paramere is narrow in
<taxonomicName id="1FD4371A332AE226A8C8F76EBE0E13D1" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. quercinus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="quercinus">
<emphasis id="09B72B72028092F9103823E7D4FA6FA0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. quercinus</emphasis>
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whereas and has a
<normalizedToken id="5CEA2DF4F1110C7D1D86C32D5417B361" originalValue="“dip”">&quot;dip&quot;</normalizedToken>
medially in
<taxonomicName id="761772965A6BABEA6F8AC231A076E23F" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mcivor" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="mcivor">
<emphasis id="A8182A849B0287B0F5E8B8B58C290F84" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. mcivor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Further, the right paramere in
<taxonomicName id="BF31EE154E0866835C5F373184DE175F" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. quercinus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="quercinus">
<emphasis id="39A4019651CC359E0F09E68591313098" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. quercinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not have the hook-like apex of
<taxonomicName id="2C014B719ADA26E7A0F8EEC3754AC6E1" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. quercinus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="quercinus">
<emphasis id="30D4FA20A9E139E949A09C1B8AE665D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. quercinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Lastly,
<taxonomicName id="11CE7BAE68867B4F62E849A7D6F2FA07" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mcivor" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="mcivor">
<emphasis id="F53467A11F3D0BA5C598EA00229247A4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. mcivor</emphasis>
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only has eight serrations on the sclerotized process of the endosoma versus the 13 or more of
<taxonomicName id="19B92B150FF9192637AD3D4DAE5E0AB4" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. quercinus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="quercinus">
<emphasis id="779779819006E583418DD08586D206BE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. quercinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The other species,
<taxonomicName id="6D1DE65A76DE6BFB6DBC6915F880EF83" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. intermontanus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="intermontanus">
<emphasis id="2339A5EFCAD07086B49936C2636BCFEC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. intermontanus</emphasis>
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, has dark apices of the tarsi and differs by the shape of the serrations of the sclerotized process, being larger, more elongate serrations particularly on the lower half of the structure despite the similar number as
<taxonomicName id="5F0078C1B01B8579A28AF49398CAF8D5" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mcivor" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="mcivor">
<emphasis id="ABEE2DCBC1D0AFB395198A98CE2980E8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. mcivor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The apex of the right paramere in
<taxonomicName id="127A03396149EE4E2596B6CF5C4F7EE5" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. mcivor" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="mcivor">
<emphasis id="3949397FE319ACC44C7A89B7A8B42E27" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. mcivor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also more similar in shape to
<taxonomicName id="9E204C836D2FD828A872268991D700DA" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="P. intermontanus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" rank="species" species="intermontanus">
<emphasis id="6EC90EE715D565DB5803B39CF76FF9AC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. intermontanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with the hook-like apex, but the curvature is more angulate.
<taxonomicName id="2C6DCA52633C30A1BBCE9377B6FA34D8" authorityName="Knight" authorityYear="1968" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Phytocoris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phytocoris decurvatus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decurvatus">
<emphasis id="D0FEE030DC807C31969FE495AD4EBADD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris decurvatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Knight also looks superficially similar to
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<emphasis id="07BAB3BC1C2123CA43A599C26CB2F752" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">P. mcivor</emphasis>
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but can be separated by the cone-like shape of the sclerotized process and relatively wide right paramere. All four species also have host plants in the genus
<taxonomicName id="0BEAEADAAAA92823BB9F373D522995E0" class="Dicotyledoneae" family="Fagaceae" genus="Quercus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Quercus" order="Fagales" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7D34E5050883D4271EA35E17BD43ACA7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Quercus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
L. (
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), which differs from the primarily coniferous hosts of other members of the
<taxonomicName id="A461DAB07A941064A71BB7043C61F460" authorityName="Knight" authorityYear="1923" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Phytocoris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phytocoris junceus" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="junceus">
<emphasis id="0F4C53E92B784683C0644BB3E96700C7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris junceus</emphasis>
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species group (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="00BEAA76B1628FA6DF0E8D5F64C3F7BF" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">
As
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summarized, the
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<emphasis id="1ADB88C8EA7F53D02DDEB02F0896FC92" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris junceus</emphasis>
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species group was established by
<bibRefCitation id="FC65804F1B3B7861D94B128EC8B92DA7" author="Knight, HH" journalOrPublisher="Iowa State Journal of Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" pagination="123 - 135" refId="B22" refString="Knight, HH, 1974. A key to species of Phytocoris Fallen belonging to the Phytocoris junceus Kngt. group of species (Hemiptera, Miridae). Iowa State Journal of Research 49: 123 - 135" title="A key to species of Phytocoris Fallen belonging to the Phytocoris junceus Kngt. group of species (Hemiptera, Miridae)." volume="49" year="1974">Knight (1974)</bibRefCitation>
for a more widely distributed group of taxa beyond the Western United States and including taxa from southern Canada and the northern United States. These taxa are unified by the large, elongate body form; short, elliptical head with large eyes, the slightly shiny dorsal surface, vestiture and scutellum without scale-like setae, and the structure of the male genitalia, particularly the elongate right paramere, large and coarsely serrate sclerotized process of the endosoma, and the genital capsule usually with a large, blunt tubercle above the paramere bases.
<taxonomicName id="200CAAB15DF39DC50C6F3E6164AE126A" authorityName="Menard &amp; Schwartz" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Miridae" genus="Phytocoris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phytocoris mcivor" order="Hemiptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="97" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mcivor">
<emphasis id="4EE7C256F9B083118DC93C2A0D94AFEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="97">Phytocoris mcivor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses all these characteristics except the blunt tubercle, which is absent.
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