Myiomma Puton, 1872

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 : 166

Myiomma Puton, 1872

Myiomma Puton, 1872: 177 (as new genus); Schuh 1995: 12–15 (catalogue); Akingbohungbe 1996: 121–166 (diagnosis, key and review of species of Africa, Europe and Middle East); Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 6 (catalogue); Schuh: 2002–2013 (online catalogue); Henry & Carpintero 2012: 46 (diagnosis, key and review of species of Argentina and Paraguay).

Type species: Myiomma fieberi Puton, 1872 from France, by monotypy.

Heidemannia Uhler, 1891: 119 (as new genus). Synonymized by Horváth, 1908: 9; confirmed by Henry 1979: 553.

Type species: Heidemannia cixiiformis Uhler, 1891 from the U.S., by monotypy.

Paramyiomma Carvalho, 1951: 38 (as new genus). Synonymized by Smith, 1967: 41.

Type species: Paramyiomma landsburyi Carvalho, 1951 from India, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Recognised by the elongate to elongate-oval body, the large rounded head, the eyes often contiguous or separated medially (in frontal view) by a space near the diameter of an ocellus; the four to six bristle-like setae on the hind margin of each eye; the long labium extending to the middle of the abdomen or beyond; the cylindrical antennal segment II, slightly thicker and more pubescent in males than females; the punctate, trapeziform pronotum with indistinct calli; the translucent, white to dark brown or black hemelytra, often with white markings; and the saltatorial hind femora (summarized from Henry & Carpintero 2012).

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Old World (southern Europe; Africa: Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda; Middle-East: Yemen; Asia: China, India, Indonesia: Sulawesi, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Taiwan) and New World (North America: United States; Central America: Mexico, Panama; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Surinam).

Five species are known from India.