Compsidolon Reuter

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 : 471-472

Key to the Chinese species of Compsidolon Reuter

1 Apex of clavus and corium darkened, forming median fuscous stripe on hemelytra................. C. nebulosum (Reuter)

- Apex of clavus and corium not forming median fuscous stripe on hemelytra....................................... 2

2 Dorsum with dark spots or without spots; hind femora almost completely dark....................... C. kerzhneri Kulik

- Dorsum with clear spots; hind femora pale with dark spots..................................................... 3

3 All tibiae pale at base.................................................................................. 4

- All tibiae darkened at base.............................................................................. 6

4 Frons with reddish brown radial stripes; length of antennal segment II shorter than width of pronotum................................................................................................... C. ailaoshanensis sp. nov.

- Frons without dark radial stripes; length of antennal segment II longer than width of pronotum........................ 5

5 Cuneus (except base) with dark spots........................................................ C. absinthii (Scott)

- Cuneus without dense spots or with hardly visible spots............................. C. salicellum (Herrich-Schaeffer)

6 Smaller species, total length less than 2.80 mm; antennal segment I almost entirely balck............ C. pumilum (Jakovlev)

- Larger species, total length more than 3.10 mm; antennal segment I paler with dark spots or without clear spots........... 7

7 Antennal segments III and IV almost entirely brown; apex of clypeus darkened.................................... 8

- Antennal segments III and IV pale; clypeus almost entirely pale................................................. 9

8 Antennal segment II with a black ring at apex; apex of endosoma Y-shaped ( Fig. 36 )............. C. furcillatum Li and Liu

- Antennal segment II without a black ring at apex; two apical spines at the endosoma, one slender and straight, the other shorter, unciform ( Fig. 60 )..................................................................... C. uncum Li and Liu

9 Labium reaching to abdomen; pronotum without dark spots..................................... C. flavidum sp. nov.

- Labium reaching to hind coxae; pronotum with clear dark spots................................................ 10

10 Interocular distance longer than width of eye in male; cuneus with dark spots....................... C. pilosum sp. nov.

- Interocular distance shorter than width of eye in male; cuneus without obvious dark spots............. C. eximium (Reuter) ......continued on the next page

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 47. Male genitalia of Compsidolon spp. 36 – 39. C. furcillatum: 36. Endosoma; 37. Left paramere; 38. Right paramere; 39. Phallotheca. 40 – 43. C. kerzhneri: 40. Endosoma; 41. Left paramere; 42. Right paramere; 43. Phallotheca. 44 – 47. C. nebulosum: 44. Endosoma; 45. Left paramere; 46. Right paramere; 47. Phallotheca.

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.