Tuponia (Chlorotuponia)

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2016, The genus Tuponia Reuter, 1875 of China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Exaeretini) with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4114 (2), pp. 101-122 : 103-104

Key to the Chinese species of subgenera Chlorotuponia Wagner

1 Pro-tibial and meso-tibial spines black at bases............................................................. 2

- All tibial spines pale at bases........................................................................... 4

2 Head yellowish, pronotum ochraceous; endosoma relatively thin, band-like, apex truncate and simple..... T. prasina (Fieber)

- Head and pronotum almost completely green; endosoma not band-like........................................... 3

3 Meso-femur with small dark spots; pygophore with two fingerlike projections at base in male....... T. cristifera Drapolyuk

- All femora without dark spots; pygophore without any projections in male..................... T. logionovae Drapolyuk

4 Meta-tibial spines with black bases; an elongate sclerite with small teeth at the side of secondary gonopore ( Fig. 24 )........................................................................................ T. albescens Zheng and Li

- All tibial spines without black bases; at the side of secondary gonopore without any elongate sclerite................... 5

5 Labium reaching meta-coxa............................................................................. 6

- Labium long, extending past meta-coxa.................................................................... 7

6 Body length less than 1.83 mm; apical spine of endosoma without serrations ( Fig. 49 ).............. T. hippophaes (Fieber)

- Body length more than 2.00 mm; one apical spine of endosoma with serrations ( Fig. 66 )............... T. virentis sp. nov.

7 Length of meta-tarsal segment II almost equal to segment III; endosoma without translucent membrane at apex, secondary gonopore obvious ( Fig. 37 ).......................................................... T. chinensis Zheng and Li

- Length of meta-tarsal segment II obviously shorter than segment III; endosoma with translucent membrane at apex, secondary gonopore invisible ( Fig. 45 )........................................................... T. gracilipedis sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 24 – 36. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 24 – 27. T. albescens: 24. Endosoma; 25. Left paramere; 26. Right paramere; 27. Phallotheca. 28 – 32. T. arcufera: 28 – 29. Endosoma; 30. Left paramere; 31. Right paramere; 32. Phallotheca. 33 – 36. T. brevicula: 33. Endosoma; 34. Left paramere; 35. Right paramere; 36. Phallotheca.

FIGURES 49 – 61. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 49 – 52. T. hippophaes: 49. Endosoma; 50. Left paramere; 51. Right paramere; 52. Phallotheca. 53 – 57. T. mongolica: 53 – 54. Endosoma; 55. Left paramere; 56. Right paramere; 57. Phallotheca. 58 – 61. T. paraseladonicus: 58. Endosoma; 59. Left paramere; 60. Right paramere; 61. Phallotheca.

FIGURES 62 – 73. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 62 – 65. T. roseipennis: 62. Endosoma; 63. Left paramere; 64. Right paramere; 65. Phallotheca. 66 – 69. T. virentis sp. nov.: 66. Endosoma; 67. Left paramere; 68. Right paramere; 69. Phallotheca. 70 – 73. T. zhenyuanensis sp. nov.: 70. Endosoma; 71. Left paramere; 72. Right paramere; 73. Phallotheca.

FIGURES 37 – 48. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 37 – 40. T. chinensis: 37. Endosoma; 38. Left paramere; 39. Right paramere; 40. Phallotheca. 41 – 44. T. elegans: 41. Endosoma; 42. Left paramere; 43. Right paramere; 44. Phallotheca. 45 – 48. T. gracilipedis sp. nov: 45. Endosoma; 46. Left paramere; 47. Right paramere; 48. Phallotheca.