Mystilus Distant, 1904

Kim, Junggon & Jung, Sunghoon, 2020, Two new species of the genus Mystilus Distant (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirinae) from Vietnam, with discussion on morphological variation based on molecular data, and a revised key for Mystilus species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 488-495 : 489

Mystilus Distant, 1904

Mystilus Distant, 1904: 420 .

Type species. Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904 .

Diagnosis. This genus can be distinguished from other genera of Mecistoscelini by the following characters: body normally elongate, not narrow; head dull, vertex width distinctly longer than width of compound eye; calli region with vestiture; apex of labium surpassing hindcoxae; pronotum with bluish colouration; ostiolar peritreme dark brown; left paramere with short setae; right paramere two types, rod-shape with swollen apical part and with thin and small hypophysis ( Fig. 3B ) or expanded form, with large hypophysis ( Fig. 3F ); endosoma membranous with sclerite and without spicules.

Figures

Fig. 3. Parameres and endosome of Mystilus spp. A–D, M. carvalhoi, new species; E–H, M. frederici, new species. A, E, left paramere; B, F, right paramere; C, D, G, H, endosoma; sc, sclerite; sg, secondary gonopore. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.