Peltidocylapus politus (Poppius)

Wolski, Andrzej, 2021, 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, Zootaxa 5074 (1), pp. 1-66 : 51

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Peltidocylapus politus (Poppius) View in CoL

( Fig. 5e View FIGURE 5 )

Cylapus politus Poppius, 1909: 12 View in CoL , 43 (sp. nov.).

Cylapus politus: Bergroth 1920: 71 View in CoL (list).

Cylapus (Cylapus) politus: Carvalho 1957: 30 View in CoL (catalog).

Peltidocylapus politus: Carvalho & Fontes 1968: 276 View in CoL (list); Schuh 1995: 32 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog); Gorczyca 2006a: 18 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the scutellum contrastingly yellow, smooth, impunctate; posterior lobe of pronotum flat; hemelytron dark castaneous with embolium, exocorium, and cuneus contrastingly yellow ( Fig. 5e View FIGURE 5 ).

Redescription. Female. COLORATION. Dorsum dark yellowish brown. Head. Vertex dark yellow; frons dark brown; remainder of head yellow; antennal segment I dark red; labium dark yellow, segment IV fuscous.

Thorax. Pronotum. Calli dark castaneous; posterior lobe dark yellow tinged with castaneous. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Mesoscutum reddish; scutellum yellow. Thoracic pleura. Dark castaneous with dark yellow areas; scent gland evaporative areas yellow. Hemelytron. Dark castaneous yellow; embolium, exocorium, and cuneus yellow; endocorium and clavus castaneous; membrane dark grey. Legs. Coxae yellow; midleg dark yellow. Abdomen. Dark castaneous, tinged with yellow and brown. STRUCTURE, TEXTURE, AND VESTITURE. Thorax. Pronotum. Posterior lobe flat. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Covered with relatively long, erect setae; scutellum impunctate, flat. Hemelytron. Covered with relatively long, erect, and semi-recumbent setae.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements. Body. Length: 6.0, width 2.1. Head. Length: 0.70, width: 1.25, interocular distance 0.5. Antenna. Missing. Labium. Length of segment I: 0.70, II: 0.70, III: 0.7, IV: 0.40. Pronotum. Length: 0.85, width of anterior margin: 0.85, length of lateral margin: 0.9, width of posterior margin: 1.75.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Santa Catarina).

Type material. Holotype ♀: S. Catarina Lüderwaldt. ( ZMPA).

References

Bergroth, E. (1920) List of the Cylapinae (Hem., Miridae) with description of new Philippine forms. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 60, 67 - 83.

Carvalho, J. C. M. (1957) Catalogue of the Miridae of the World. Part I. Subfamilies Cylapinae, Deraeocorinae and Bryocorinae. Arquivos do Museu Nacional Rio de Janeiro, 44, 1 - 158.

Carvalho, J. C. M. & Fontes, A. V. (1968) Mirideos neotropicais, CI: Revisao do complexo Cylapus Say, com descricoes de gene- ros e especies novos (Hemiptera). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 28, 273 - 282.

Gorczyca, J. (2006 a) The catalogue of the subfamily Cylapinae Kirkaldy, 1903 of the World (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae). Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum. Vol. 5. Department of Natural History, Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, 100 pp.

Poppius, B. (1909) Zur Kenntnis der Miriden-Unterfamilie Cylapina Reut. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae, 37 (4), 1 - 46. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9441

Schuh, R. T. (1995) Plant bugs of the World (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). New York Entomological Society, New York, New York, 1329 pp.