Tuponia Reuter, 1875

Min Suk, Oh, Kim, WonGun, Park, Jihwan & Lee, Seunghwan, 2023, Additional record of Tuponia Reuter (Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae) from Korea, with a new synonym and discussion on distribution, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 104644-104644 : 104644

Tuponia Reuter, 1875

Tuponia Reuter, 1875 - Reuter 1875: 98 as a subgenus of Megalodactylus , upgraded by Reuter 1878: 16.

Tuponia Capsus tamarisci Perris, 1857 Synonyms: Tuponia cunealis Reuter OM (1902) Capsidae novae mediterraneae. IV. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskapssocietetens Förhandlingar B 44: 51-70.: 65. Tuponia notatus Fieber FX (1858) Criterien zur generischen Theilung der Phytocoriden ( Capsini auct.). Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 2: 289-327, 329-347, 388, 1 pl.: 338.

Diagnosis

Tuponia can be recognised by the following characters: body elongate oval; dorsum somewhat shining, without distinct punctures and covered with pale, sericeous setae and dark setae; basic colouration greenish or yellowish-brown with brown, dark brown or reddish spots; membrane dark grey, vein pale green to brown; endosoma elongated, C-, S- or J-shaped; sometimes with sclerotised apical structures and membranous lobes; secondary gonopore usually developed between subapical part of sclerotised lobes; sclerotised ring elongated oval, interramal sclerite elongate and smooth. For detailed diagnostic characters and figures, see Drapolyuk (1980), Drapolyuk (1982), Li and Liu (2016) and Kim et al. (2021).

Distribution

Afrotropical Region, Oriental Region, Palaearctic Region ( Drapolyuk 1980, Drapolyuk 1982, Kerzhner and Josifov 1999, Li and Liu 2016).

Subgenus Tuponia

The subgenus can be recognised by the following characters: body elongate oval (male) or suboval (female), comparatively moderate to large (2.1-4.1 mm, usually around 3.0 mm); dorsum somewhat shining, without distinct punctures and covered with pale, sericeous setae; apical 1/3 of clavus and median part of hemelytra usually with suberect, dark brown to reddish setae, forms transverse line; basic colouration pale green to yellowish-green, partly brownish or tinged with red; membrane dark grey, vein pale green to brown; endosoma C-, S- or J-shaped, usually with one or two sclerotised apical structures; endosomal membrane rather developed, situated along apical processes; secondary gonopore usually developed between the subapical part of sclerotised lobes; female sclerotised ring elongate oval, surrounded by wide and weakly sclerotised labiate plates; bursa copulatrix with a pair of distinct, round structures dorsally; posterior wall with elongated, distally round interramal sclerites and weakly sclerotised, rough interramal lobe.

Subgenus Chlorotuponia

This subgenus was established by Wagner (1964) and can be recognised by the following characters: body elongate oval (male) or suboval (female), comparatively small (1.7-2.5 mm, usually around 2.0 mm); dorsum somewhat shining, without distinct punctures and covered with long, pale hair and short, suberect brownish setae; basic colouration green to yellowish-green, usually concolorous; membrane dark grey, vein pale green to brown; endosoma C-, S- or J-shaped, usually with one or two sclerotised apical structures; endosomal membrane weakly developed, indistinct; secondary gonopore usually developed between the subapical part of sclerotised lobes; female sclerotised ring elongate oval, surrounded by wide and weakly sclerotised labiate plates; inner margin of bursa copulatrix with thin, arch-shaped sclerotised structure; posterior wall with elongated, distally round interramal sclerites and weakly sclerotised, interramal lobe with rough surface