Cyrtopeltocoris huachucae Knight, 1968

Wyniger, Denise, Schuh, Randall T. & Henry, Thomas J., 2023, Revision of the North American Hallodapini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), American Museum Novitates 2023 (3994), pp. 1-48 : 29-30

Cyrtopeltocoris huachucae Knight

Figures 2 , 5 , 6 , table 1

Cyrtopeltocoris huachucae Knight, 1968: 162 (original description); Carvalho and Afonso, 1977: 9 (list). Cyrtopeltocoris conicatus Knight, 1968: 163 (original description). New synonym.

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the vestiture of the dorsum consisting primarily of short, recumbent, appressed setae and a few, long, erect setae on scutellum and at apex of corium, but most of corium and clavus devoid of such long erect setae (fig. 2); vertex broad; base of clypeus lower than front edge of swollen frons, forming a distinct notch; endosoma with a lateral dentate membranous lobe apically, ending in bird-head-like dentate apex (fig. 5). Similar to C. albofasciatus in size and coloration (fig. 1), differing by having only a few long erect setae on the hemelytron, the broader vertex, the swollen frons and lower base of the clypeus forming a distinct notch, the structure of endosoma (the last twisted in a way unlike the condition seen in C. albofasciatus and C. gracilentis ), and the erect flange distad of the secondary gonopore.

REDESCRIPTION: Male: Mean total length 3.78. Coloration (fig. 2): Head brown; labium yellowish brown; pronotum brown to reddish brown; mesoscutum and scutellum reddish brown or dark brown; scent-gland auricle white; clavus reddish brown or orange brown basally, white medially, brown apically; corium dark brown or reddish brown basally, white medially, brown apically; corium with transverse white band just slightly swollen medially (fig. 2); lateral white spot anterior to cuneus roundish (fig. 2), not attaining inner margin of corium; cuneus reddish brown; membrane fuscous; antennal segments brown, with first segment yellowish brown (fig. 2); venter brown; mesepisternum reddish brown; procoxae reddish, meso- and metacoxae white, trochanters white; femora and tibia brown to reddish brown; tarsi yellowish brown to reddish brown (fig. 2). Surface and vestiture (fig. 2): Vertex with recumbent and simple erect setae; pronotum with recumbent setae; scutellum and hemelytron with recumbent, simple, erect setae. Structure (fig. 2): Slender; pronotum trapezoidal, posterior lobe weakly swollen (fig. 2); scutellum very weakly convex; corium with lateral margin slightly convex basally at level of brown coloration; labium reaching metacoxa. genitalia (fig. 5): Endosoma with a lateral flange subapically, ending in bird-head-like dentate membranous apex (fig. 5); phallotheca distinctly curved, and apically pointed; left paramere with anterior process straight and stout; posterior process elongate and distinctly pointing downward; right paramere elongate, ending in hook.

DISTRIBUTION (fig. 6): Known from Arizona and extreme western Texas.

DISCUSSION: We have treated C. conicatus Knight as a junior synonym of C. huachucae based primarily on the overall similarity of the holotype of this nominal species to the larger sample of specimens that we have identified as C. huachucae , noting especially the angulate notch formed by the frons and base of the clypeus and the white ostiolar evaporative area.

HOLOTYPE male of Cyrtopeltocoris huachucae Knight : USA: Arizona: Cochise Co. : Huachuca Mountains, VII-20, H.G. Barber, Holotype ( AMNH _ENT 00286407) ( USNM).

HOLOTYPE male of Cyrtopeltocoris conicatus Knight : USA: Arizona: Cochise Co. : Huachuca Mountains, Aug. 6, 05, H.G. Barber ( AMNH _PBI 00286404) ( USNM).

OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED: USA: Arizona: Cochise Co. : Bear Canyon , 31.38333 ° N 110.33333 ° W, 1829 m, 06 Jul 1966, W.J. Hanson, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411058 ) ( USNM) . Cave Creek Ranch , 1 mi S Portal, 31.89882 ° N 109.14113 ° W, 08 Jun 1965, J.H. Davidson, J.M. Davidson, and M.A. Cazier, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411059 ) ( USNM) . Chiricahua Mountains, Cave Creek Canyon , 31.8962 ° N 109.16367 ° W, 1646 m, 24 Jun 1968, Vincent D. Roth, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00392977 ) ( AMNH) . Chiricahua Mountains, Hidden Terrace , 4.5 mi SW of Portal, 31.8676 ° N 109.19499 ° W, 1646 m, 01 Jul 1982 – 05 Jul 1982, M.A. Cazier, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00175631 ) ( AMNH) . Huachuca Mountains, 5354 Ash Canyon Road , 0.5 mi W of Hwy 92, 31.38194 ° N 110.22444 ° W, 1554 m, 18 Jun 1992, N. McFarland, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411044 ) ( USNM) ; 29 Jun 1992, N. McFarland, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411045 ) ( USNM) ; 01 Jul 1992, N. McFarland, 2♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411046 , AMNH _ PBI 00411047 ) ( USNM) ; 04 Jul 1992, N. McFarland, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411048 ) ( USNM) ; 06 Jul 1992, N. McFarland, 2♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411049 , AMNH _ PBI 00411050 ) ( USNM) ; 17 Jul 1992, N. McFarland, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411051 ) ( USNM) ; 20 Jul 1992, N. McFarland, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411052 ) ( USNM) ; 16 Sep 1992, N. McFarland, 2♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411053 , AMNH _ PBI 00411054 ) ( USNM) ; 02 Oct 1992, N. McFarland, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411055 ) ( USNM) . Huachuca Mountains, Ash Canyon Rd. , 31.3822 ° N 110.23143 ° W, 1554 m, 02 Jun 1997, T.J. Henry & A.G. Wheeler Jr., 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411056 ) ( USNM) ; 03 Jun 1997, T.J. Henry and A.G. Wheeler, Jr., 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411057 ) ( USNM) . Southwestern Research Station of the AMNH, 5 mi W of Portal, 31.91358 ° N 109.206 ° W, 1646 m, 22 Aug 2000, J.C. Schaffner and M.J. Yoder, Light Trap, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00391893 ) ( TAMU) . Stewart Campground (W of Portal), 31.88611 ° N 109.17138 ° W, 1571 m, 20 Jul 1971 – 25 Jul 1971, J. Doyen, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00081084 ) ( UCB) . Unknown co.: Arizona , 01 Jul 1914, unknown collector, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00411077 ) ( USNM) . Texas: Hudspeth Co.: 0.5 mi E of Indio Mountain Reserve Station , 30.77333 ° N 105.01333 ° W, 1250 m, 12 Apr 2002, Diaz and Gillogly, 1♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00391892 ) ( TAMU) .

Figures

FIG. 2. Dorsal habitus and lateral view images of Cyrtopeltocoris spp., C. fractifasciatus–C. illlini.

FIG. 5. Male genitalia of Cyrtopeltocoris spp., C. hallodapoides–C. rubripes.

FIG. 6. Distributions of Cyrtopeltocoris spp.