Hyalopeplinus malayensis Carvalho in Carvalho & Gross, 1979

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Chérot, F., 2018, The Indian Hyalopeplini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review, Zootaxa 4378 (3), pp. 301-322 : 307

Hyalopeplinus malayensis Carvalho in Carvalho & Gross, 1979

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Hyalopeplinus malayensis Carvalho in Carvalho & Gross 1979: 457 – 458 (as new genus). Hyalopeplinus malayensis: Schuh 1995: 677 (catalogue); Zheng et al. 2005: 47 – 48 (redescription, in fauna); Schuh 2002 – 2013 (online catalogue).

Diagnosis. Frons with a small black spot above antennal peduncle. Pronotal collar with a median and two pair of lateral facies, dark red or reddish. Pronotal disk with a median facie enlarged apically, dark red to black and two lateral black spots. Pronotal lateral margins concave. Humeral angles slightly infuscate but never with a black spot. Upper portion of vitta on propleura separated from lateral black spot of pronotal disk. Habitus in dorsal view Fig. 5 . Male genital structures Figs. 6–8 . Measurements of Indian specimen table 1.

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: 1♂: Bangalore, 861 m, 13° 9’ N, 77° 29’ E., 10.vi.2012, Yeshwanth H.M. leg.; 1♀: same data but 5.i.2014; 1♂, 1♀: Bangalore, GKVK, 30.iii.2012, Shrikant leg; 1♀: same data but 5.i.2011, Sudha M. leg.; 1♂, 1♀: 22.i.2006, Kengegowda N. leg.; 1♂, 1♀: same data but 24.xii.2012, Ex: Sapindus laurifolia (Sapindaceae) , Yeshwanth H.M. leg; 7♂, 2♀: Coorg, Galibeedu, 6.i.2012, Yeshwanth H.M. leg; 2♀: Coorg, Galibeedu, 3.iii.2011, Kusha & Shamika leg.; 1♂, 2♀: Coorg, Mandalpatti, 8.i.2012, Reddy leg.; 2♂, 5♀: Mudigere, 26.iv.2013, Girish leg; 3♀: Mudigere, 14.xii.2013, Vinayaka leg; 2♂: Mudigere, 10.iii.2014, Yeshwanth H. M. leg; 2♀: Mudigere, 12.v.2011, Yeshwanth H. M. leg; 2♂, 1♀: Belghaum, Castle rock, 27.x.2011, Yeshwanth H. M. leg. TAMIL NADU: 1♂: Coimbatore, 9.vi. 2015, at light, Yeshwanth H.M. leg. (UASB).

Distribution. New species for India, known from China (Guangdong), Indonesia (Sumatra), Laos, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 5–8. Hyalopeplinus malayensis Carvalho in Carvalho & Gross, 1979. 5. Habitus in dorsal view. 6. Endophallus. 7. Left paramere.8. Right paramere (specimen from Bengalor cited in the text).