Tuponia soongorica 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 : 116

Tuponia soongorica Drapolyuk, 1980

Tuponia soongorica Drapolyuk, 1980: 51 ; Konstantinov and Vinokurov, 2011: 41 .

Diagnosis. Recognized by the medium sized, total length 4–4.4; general coloration yellow, pronotum and scutellum green, exposed part of mesoscutum yellow; vestiture of dorsum covered with sericeous setae, posterior parts of clavus and corium darkened with dense black setae; legs yellowish green, tibial spines dark without black base.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 19–23 in Drapolyuk, 1980): Endosoma with a narrower, more strongly sinuate large blade, secondary gonopore situated the base of the blade; phallotheca with two keels at base.

Host plants. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Xinjiang) ( Konstantinov and Vinokurov, 2011), Kazakhstan ( Drapolyuk, 1980), Kazakhstan and Mongolia ( Drapolyuk, 1980).

Remarks. This species was first reported for China from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ( Konstantinov and Vinokurov, 2011). We could not examine specimens of this species, and the diagnosis is based on original description.

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 21 – 23. Scanning electron micrographs of scent-gland evaporative area of Tuponia spp. nov. 21. T. gracilipedis; 22. T. virentis; 23. T. zhenyuanensis.