Compsidolon salicellum ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841 )

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2014, A study on the genus Compsidolon Reuter, 1899 from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 3784 (4), pp. 469-483 : 480

Compsidolon salicellum ( Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841)

( Figs. 17–18 , 56–59 )

Capsus salicellus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841: 47 .

Psallus salicellus: Stichel, 1956: 311 .

Compsidolon salicellum: Wagner and Weber, 1964: 489 ; Wagner, 1975: 151; Schuh, 1995:298; Li and Liu, 2007: 768.

Specimens examined. 4 males (one of them photographed), 2 females (one of them photographed), CHINA: Shennongjia Protective Region (31°45'N, 110°40'E), Hubei Province, 12.VIII.2004, Chuan-Ren LI leg.; 2 males, 2 females, CHINA: Wufeng County (30°12'N, 116°40'E), Hubei Province, alt. 1000m, 11.VII.1999, Le-Yi ZHENG leg.

Diagnosis. Moderately small, total length 3.58–3.70 (male), 3.19–3.28 (female); general coloration yellow; vestiture of dorsum composed of dense, recumbent, bright setae and silvery setae; interocular distance longer than width of eye; labium just reaching to abdomen; cuneus often with a small red spot on inner margin, membrane fumose, coloration not uniform, with big pale marks; tibial spines dark with black base, tibiae pale at base. Male genitalia ( Figs. 56–59 ): Body of endosoma relatively stout, S-shaped, curving, apical portion as in Fig. 56 .

Host plants. Cistus monspeliensis ( Pericart, 1965) , Juglans mandschurica ( Yasunaga, 1999) .

Distribution. China (Hubei), Japan, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, France, Canada, USA.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 20. Adult habitus views of Compsidolon spp. 13. C. pilosum (male); 14. C. pilosum (female); 15. C. pumilum (male); 16. C. pumilum (female); 17. C. salicellum (male); 18. C. salicellum (female); 19. C. uncum (male); 20. C. uncum (female).

FIGURES 48 – 63. Male genitalia of Compsidolon spp. 48 – 51. C. pilosum: 48. Endosoma; 49. Left paramere; 50. Right paramere; 51. Phallotheca. 52 – 55. C. pumilum: 52. Endosoma; 53. Left paramere; 54. Right paramere; 55. Phallotheca. 56 – 59. C. salicellum: 56. Endosoma; 57. Left paramere; 58. Right paramere; 59. Phallotheca. 60 – 63. C. uncum: 60. Endosoma; 61. Left paramere; 62. Right paramere; 63. Phallotheca.