Adelphocoridea Poppius, 1912

Chérot, F. & Malipatil, M. B., 2016, A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 4126 (2), pp. 151-206 : 156-157

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1. Adelphocoridea Poppius, 1912 View in CoL

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Adelphocoridea Poppius, 1912: 3 View in CoL , 47 (as new genus) [type-species by original designation: Adelphocoridea laevigata Poppius, 1912 View in CoL ]. Adelphocoridea: Schuh 1995: 686 View in CoL (catalog); Schuh 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Diagnosis. Body sub-oblong, total length 5.5–7, slightly convex to relatively flat viewed from above, brown or dark brown to black, reflective on hemelytra ( Figs 1–2 View FIGURES 1 – 8 ); sulcus of vertex narrow or absent; basal carina of vertex absent; eyes wide, posterior margin contiguous with pronotal collar; first antennal segment elongate; scutellum flat; hemelytra glabrous, punctation reduced and shallow, with some grooves or ridges, veins raised; tibial spines light reddish- brown; tertiary lobe of left paramere absent; secondary gonopore complete, devoid of sclerite or long hairs; phallus devoid of comb, spiculum or phallic support.

Included species. Adelphocoridea brunnea Poppius, 1912 *, A. elongata Poppius, 1912 , A. laevigata Poppius, 1912 *.

Distribution. Madagascar.

Host plants. No data available.

References

Poppius, B. (1912) Die Miriden der Athiopischen Region. Mirina, Cylapina, Bryocorina. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae, 41 (3), 1 - 203, 1 pl.

Schuh, R. T. (1995) Plant bugs of the world (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Systematic Catalog, Distributions, Host List, and Bibliography. Entomological Society of New York, New York, xii + 1329 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Habitus of ACMc members: 1. Adelphocoridea brunnea Poppius, 1912, male from Madagascar (MNRJ). 2. Adelphocoridea laevigata Poppius, 1912, female holotype from Madagascar (MZHF). 3. Adelphocoris seticornis (Fabricius, 1775) from Belgium. 4. Adelphocorisella brunnescens (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., male holotype from Papua New Guinea (MZHF). 5. Adelphocorisella relata (Distant, 1904) n. comb., male lectotype from Sri Lanka (NHM). 6. Adelphocorisella rubricornis n. sp., female holotype from Australia (ANIC). 7. Carvalhocapsus scutellosum (Carpintero & Chérot, 2002), male paratype from Argentina (Coll. D. L. Carpintero). 8. Cheilocapsidea insignis (Distant, 1909), male from Laos (NMPC). Scales = 1 mm.