Isometopus yoshizawai Yasunaga & Duwal, 2006

Yeshwanth, H. M., Chérot, F. & Henry, T. J., 2021, The Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka: A Review of the Subfamily, with Descriptions of Six New Species, Zootaxa 4903 (2), pp. 151-193 : 162

Isometopus yoshizawai Yasunaga & Duwal, 2006

( Figs. 2E , 6G , 19 A–C)

Isometopus yoshizawai Yasunaga & Duwal, 2006: 58–59 (as new species, DV); Schuh 2002 –2013 (online catalogue).

Diagnosis. Oval, length 2.5 mm. Dorsum shiny, pale yellowish brown, bearing uniformly distributed prominent punctures. Vertex with a dark marking around ocelli; frons with 3 pairs of dark spots anteriorly. Antenna arising on the ventral margin of the head, with a black spot around the antennal fossae, sometimes extending to the ventral margin of the eyes. Antenna dark brown except for the basally pale brown segment II. Pronotum darkened medially and laterally. Mesoscutum dark brown to pale brown, with posterior lateral margins pale brown. Scutellum dark brown basally, with a V-shaped pale brown area toward apex and lateral margins. Pleura dark brown, with the ostiolar peritreme creamy yellow or white. Hemelytron with dark marks on corium and exocorium; margins and commissures of corium and clavus brown; cuneal commissure pale brown and inner margin with orange markings. Membrane fuscous or pale brown. Fore and mid femur white on basal 1/3, apical 3/4 brown; hind femur white, with medial brown markings. Detailed measurements in Table 1 .

Material examined. INDIA: 1♀, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, Barapani , 24. ix. 2013, ex: bark, Yeshwanth, H. M. leg ; 1♀ Meghalaya: Ri-Bhoi, Saiden , 04.vi.2013, ex: bark, Yeshwanth, H.M. leg. ; 2♀ Bengaluru , GKVK, 23.i.2020, Yeshwanth, H.M. leg. , ex: Pongamia pinnata bark; 2 ♀, Bengaluru, Hesaraghatta , 28.vi.2020, Yeshwanth, H.M. leg. , ex: Moringa oleifera (UASB) .

Distribution. India and Japan.

Biology. Nymphs and adults were collected on the bark of an unidentified tree with lichens, on Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre ( Fabaceae ), and on Moringa oleifera Lam. (Moringaceae) ( Figs. 19 A–C).

Figures

FIGURES 2. Indian Isometopinae: Isometopini. Habitus in dorsal view.A. Isometopus cuneatus (Distant, 1904). B. Isometopus mahal Distant, 1911. C. Isometopus webbi, n. sp. D. Isometopus wolskii, n. sp. E. Isometopus yoshizawai Yasunaga and Duwal, 2006. F. Paloniella feana (Distant, 1904).

FIGURES 6. Indian Isometopinae: Gigantometopini, Isometopini and Myiommini. Head in frontal view.A. Astroscopometopus hesaraghattaensis, n. sp. B. Nymph of Astroscopometopus hesaraghattaensis, n sp. C. Isometopus cuneatus (Distant, 1904). D. Isometopus mahal Distant, 1911. E. Isometopus webbi, n. sp. F. Isometopus wolskii, n. sp. G. Isometopus yoshizawai Yasunaga and Duwal, 2006. H. Paloniella feana (Distant, 1904). I. Paloniella parallela Yasunaga & Hayashi, 2002. J. Isometopidea viraktamathi, n. sp. K. Myiomma belavadii, n. sp. L. Myiomma ramamurthyi, n sp.

FIGURES 19. Indian Isometopinae Isometopini alive. A–C. Isometopus yoshizawai Yasunaga and Duwal, 2006. D–F. Nymph (D) and adults (D, F) of Isometopus mahal Distant, 1911.