Solenoxyphus anabasius, Konstantinov, 2008

Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2008, Review of Solenoxyphus Reuter, 1875 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), American Museum Novitates 3607 (1), pp. 1-44 : 17-18

Solenoxyphus anabasius , n. sp.

Figures 29 , 40–44 , 50, 75, 76

DIAGNOSIS: The species unequivocally recognized by the small size of both sexes, e.g., body length, shortened second antennal segment, head of equal width with pronotum at base, brachypterous females, and absence of series of teeth lateral to secondary gonopore. Reminiscent of S. asanovae and S. nanophyti in brown dotting on pronotum and scutellum, but can be easily distinguished from both species by virtually all measurements, structure of the vesica, and degree of reduction of the forewings in females.

DESCRIPTION: VESTITURE: Whole of body covered only with silver simple setae.

COLORATION: Body (figs. 75, 76) pale yellow with greenish markings, naturally greenish. Head with brown dots on vertex, antennae uniformly pale. Pronotum and scutellum with dense minute brown dotting and narrow pale whitish midline. In males forewings usually whitish at base and sometimes along costal margin, with pale brown, degraded dots along claval commisure, on medioapical area of corium and on cuneus. These dots larger and paler than dots on pronotum, sometimes clearly recognizable only on cuneus. In females forewings with dense and sometimes confluent brown dots along inner margins; lateral parts and extreme bases of forewings uniformly pale or with a few indistinct pale brown dots. Fore- and middle femora uniformly pale, rarely with indistinct pale brown dots on ventral surfaces. Entire ventral surface and apices of dorsal surface of hind femora with a few pale brown dots or uniformly pale. Tibiae uniformly pale, with black tibial spines. Apical part of third tarsal segment and claws somewhat darkened.

MALE GENITALIA: Theca and parameres as in figs. 42–44. Vesica as in figs. 40–41. Apical process of vesica short, somewhat curved, apically serrate. Longitudinal flange absent. Vesica without a series of teeth lateral to secondary gonopore, but with a row of minute denticles proximally.

STRUCTURE AND MEASUREMENTS: Body stumpy. Head strongly declivent, labium always reaching and usually more or less surpassing hind coxae in males, frequently reaching base of ovipositor in females. Scutellum reduced, 1.1 X as wide as vertex in males, 0.8–0.9 X as wide as vertex in females, mesoscutum always covered with pronotum. Forewings in males normally developed but barely reaching apex of genital segment; in females reduced, just surpassing sixth abdominal segment, broadly rounded apically, with indistinctly delimited minute transverse cuneus and membrane. Hind femora distinctly swollen. Tarsi thin, as in fig. 50, claws as in fig. 29.

In males, body 2.3–2.5 X as long as width of pronotum. Pronotum 2.2–2.4 X as wide as long, 1.0–1.1 X as wide as head. Vertex 1.2– 1.4 X as wide as eye. Second antennal segment 0.7–0.8 X as long as basal width of pronotum, 0.7–0.9 X as long as width of head. Body length: 1.7–2.0 mm.

In females, body 2.5–2.7 X as long as width of pronotum. Pronotum 2.1–2.4 X as wide as long, 1.0 X as wide as head. Vertex 1.3–1.6 X as wide as eye. Second antennal segment 0.6– 0.7 X as long as basal width of pronotum, 0.6– 0.7 X as long as width of head. Body length: 2.1–2.2 mm.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Karaganda Province of Kazakhstan.

HOST PLANT: Anabasis salsa (Chenopodiaceae) .

ETYMOLOGY: The name anabasius refers to the host plant of the species.

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Holotype: KAZAKH- STAN: Karaganda Prov. : Sarysu River 50 km NE mouth of Karakengir River, 24 May 1962, I. M. Kerzhner, Anabasis salsa , 3 ( AMNH _ PBI 00142455 ).

Paratypes: KAZAKHSTAN: Karaganda Prov.: same label as holotype, 63 (AMNH_PBI 00142456–AMNH_PBI 00142459, AMNH_PBI 00142461–AMNH_PBI 00142462), 14♀ (AMNH_PBI 00142442–AMNH_PBI 00142452), 2 larvae (AMNH_PBI 00142453–AMNH_PBI 00142454). 40 km S of Atasu [Zhana-Arka], 21 Jun 1960, I. M. Kerzhner, Anabasis salsa , 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00142463); 22 Jun 1960, I. M. Kerzhner, Anabasis salsa , 2♀ (AMNH_PBI 00142464, AMNH_PBI 00142465); 09 Jun 1960, I. M. Kerzhner, Anabasis salsa , 3♀ (AMNH_PBI 00142460, AMNH_PBI 00142466–AMNH_PBI 00142467). Nr Kense, 28 May 1976, I. M. Kerzhner, sweeping on Anabasis salsa and Nanophyton sp. , 13 (AMNH_PBI 00142451), 3♀ (AMNH_PBI 00142468).

Figures

Figs. 19–31. 19–21, 24–25, 30, Solenoxyphus kerzhneri, Kyrgyzstan, paratype: 19, apex of theca; 20–21, vesica in ventral view; 24, right paramere; 25, left paramere; 30, vesica in side view. 22, 23, 31: S. major, vesica: 22, 31, Spain, Bujalaroz, collected from Suaeda sp.: 22, in ventral view; 31, in side view; 23, Spain: Alfés, in ventral view. 26–29, claws: 26, S. kerzhneri; 27, S. adspersus; 28, S. salsolae; 29, S. anabasius.

Figs. 40–44. Male genitalia in S. anabasius: 40, vesica in ventral view; 41, vesica in lateral view; 42, right paramere; 43, left paramere; 44, theca.