Creontiades vittipennis Reuter, 1905

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 : 167-168

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7.3. Creontiades vittipennis Reuter, 1905

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Creontiades vittipennis Reuter, 1905 b: 3 (as new species); Carvalho 1959: 78 (catalog); Schuh 1995: 748 (catalog); Cassis & Gross 1995: 167 (catalog); Schuh 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Creontiades vitticollis Poppius, 1915 a: 19 (as new species) (n. syn.); Carvalho 1959: 78 (catalog); Schuh 1995: 748 (catalog); Cassis & Gross 1995: 167 (catalog); Schuh 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Material examined. Type specimens: holotype ♀ of C. vittipennis Reuter, 1905 (status of specimen according to Cassis & Gross, 1995: 167): AUSTRALIA: “ Australia Borealis” (no locality given), Thorey leg. ( NHRS). Holotype ♀ by monotypy of C. vitticollis Poppius, 1915 : AUSTRALIA: New South Wales: Sydney, 04.x. 1900, Biró leg., type 10049 ( MZHF) (fourth segment of right antenna missing).

Diagnosis. Body covered with fine pubescence. Labium slightly exceeding posterior coxae, first segment much thicker than other segments. Labrum extending to slightly over 1 / 2 length of first labial segment. Legs with fore and mid tibiae only slightly longer than their respective femora, hind tibia longer than femora by about 1 / 4 length. Hemelytra exceeding abdomen by about 1 / 4 length. Generally stramineous pale yellow; distal areas of antennal segments 2-4 broadly lightly infuscate; broad median posterior area of pronotum, broad median elongate area of scutellum, also thoracic pleura, commissural margins of clavus fuscous; most of membrane lightly fuscous; inner 2 / 3 area of hemelytra very lightly irregular and inconspicuously fuscous; femora yellow and lightly infuscate; tibia yellow with red patches, tibial spines light brown. In holotype the proximal half of femora slightly paler than the distal half.

Discussion. On the basis of external anatomy, we suggest the new subjective synonymy Creontiades vittipennis Reuter, 1905 b (valid name) = Creontiades vitticollis Poppius, 1915 (new junior subjective synonym).

By their habitus, the analysed specimens conform partially to our diagnosis of the genus Creontiades but are relatively pilose for this genus.

References

Carvalho, J. C. M. (1959) Catalogo dos Mirideos do Mundo. Parte IV. Subfamilia Mirinae. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, XLVIII, 1 - 384.

Cassis, G. & Gross, G. F. (1995) Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha). In: Houston, W. W. K. & Maynard, G. V. (Eds.), Zoological Catalog of Australia. Vol 27.3 A. CSIRO Australia, Melbourn, xv + 506 pp.

Poppius, B. (1915 a) Zur Kenntnis der Indo-Australischen Capsarien. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 13, 1 - 89.

Reuter, O. M. (1905 b) Ad cognitionem Capsidarum Australiae. II. Ofversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Forhandlingar, 47 (20), 1 - 9.

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.