Tuponia mongolica Drapolyuk, 1980

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 : 114

Tuponia mongolica Drapolyuk, 1980

( Figs. 13–14 , 53–57 )

Tuponia tamaricicola Hsiao and Meng, 1963: 447 , 449.

Tuponia Tuponia mongolica Drapolyuk, 1980: 63 ; Qi and Nonnaizab, 1997: 10; Kerzhner, 1997: 247. Tuponia Tuponia hsiaoi Zheng and Li, 1992: 10 .

Diagnosis. Recognized by the medium sized, total length 3.14–3.30 (male), 3.16–3.34 (female); general coloration pale yellow; dorsum smooth with recumbent, dark simple setae and sericeous setae; head declining, frons slightly tumid; buccula pale with long golden hairs; length of antennal segment II almost equal to width of pronotum; labium yellowish brown with black apex, just exceeding posterior margin of meta-coxa; posterior and lateral margins of pronotum straight, calli not evident; exposed part of mesoscutum orange red; transverse stripe on apex of corium reddish yellow and with dense black setae, apices of clavus and corium sometimes orange-yellow, membrane dark smoky, veins pale; legs yellow, femora without dark spots or only meta-femur with small dark spots at apex; tibial spines black without dark bases, meta-tibia with several rows of black spinules, tarsus and claws darkened, claws elongate; abdomen yellow with golden pubescence. Similar to T. elegans and T. jaxartensis in coloration and shape, distinguished from them by structure of male genitalia.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 53–57 ): Endosoma S-shaped, with two apical spines, one spicule distinctly shorter and apically curving, membranous blade distinctly widened near secondary gonopore and distinctly dentate laterally secondary gonopore distant from apex of endosoma; left paramere boat-shaped; right paramere relatively large, lanceolate; phallotheca with a tongue-shaped projection as in Fig. 57 .

Host plants. Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Drapolyuk, 1980).

Distribution. China (Nei Mongol, Shandong, Hebei, Ningxia), Mongolia ( Drapolyuk, 1980).

Specimens examined. CHINA: Nei Mongol Autonomous Region: 44 males, 56 females, Erenhot (43°24'N, 111°57'E), 27.VII.2005, alt. 1000m, Xiao-Ming LI, Jun-Lan LI and Guo-Qing LIU. Tianjin: 1 male, 1 female, Tianjin (39°08'N, 117°11'E), 12.VIII.1962. Shandong Province: 11 males, 24 females, Yantai (37°31'N, 121°17'E), 7.VII.1973, Qiang MU. Hebei Province: 30 males, 32 females, Beidaihe (39°50'N, 119°27'E), 24.VII.1979, Shu-Zhi REN; 13 males, 17 females, Beidaihe (39°50'N, 119°27'E), 24.VI.1964. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: 8 males, 31 females, Yinchuan (38°29'N, 106°11'E), 9.VII.1982, Le-Yi ZHENG; 3 males, 18 females, Yinchuan (38°29'N, 106°11'E), 27.VII.1987, Le-Yi ZHENG; 8 males, 14 females, Yinchuan (38°29'N, 106°11'E), 14.VII.1992, Rui-Jun ZHAO; 12 males, 16 females, Yanchi County (37°37'N, 107°02'E), 24.VII.1992, Rui-Jun ZHAO.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 20. Adult habitus views of Tuponia spp. 13. T. mongolica (male); 14. T. mongolica (female); 15. T. roseipennis (male); 16. T. roseipennis (female); 17. T. virentis sp. nov. (male, holotype); 18. T. virentis sp. nov. (female, paratype); 19. T. zhenyuanensis sp. nov. (male, holotype); 20. T. zhenyuanensis sp. nov. (female, paratype). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

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.