Argenis incisuratus ( Walker, 1873 )

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Chérot, F., 2018, The Indian Hyalopeplini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review, Zootaxa 4378 (3), pp. 301-322 : 319-321

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scientific name	Argenis incisuratus ( Walker, 1873 )
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Argenis incisuratus ( Walker, 1873) View in CoL

( Figures 54–57 View FIGURES 54–57 )

Capsus incisuratus Walker 1873: 121 View in CoL (as new species); Argenis incisuratus Distant 1904a: 107 View in CoL (new combination); Carvalho & Gross 1979: 443 –444 (redescription, DV, MG); Schuh 1995: 700 (catalogue); Chérot 1997a: 399 –400 (redescription, FG); Zheng et al. 2005: 204 –205, 686, 698 (redescription, in fauna); Schuh 2002–2013 (online catalogue); Chérot et al. 2017: 89 –90, plate 14, Fig. 5 View FIGURES 5–8 , plate 15, Figs. 1–6 View FIGURES 1–4 View FIGURES 5–8 , plate 16, Figs. 1–9 View FIGURES 1–4 View FIGURES 5–8 View FIGURE 9 (presence in Papua New Guinea, variability, DV).

Diagnosis. Dorsal coloration brownish to olive green (never black and yellow). Scutellum uniformly brown, devoid of apical yellow area. Habitus in dorsal view Fig. 54 View FIGURES 54–57 . Male genital structures Figs. 54–57 View FIGURES 54–57 . Measurements of Indian specimens table 2.

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: 18♂, 20♀: GKVK, Bangalore, 27.iii.2006, Ex. Sclechera oleosa ( Sapindaceae ), Kengegowda N. leg. ; 2♂, Mudigere, 18.ii.2013, Kumar A.R.V. leg.; 1♀, Coorg, Galibeedu, 12.iv.2011, Yeshwanth H. M. leg. RAJASTHAN : 2♂: Bikaner, 08.viii.2015, Yeshwanth H. M. leg. (UASB)

Distribution. Argenis incisuratus was described from Sri Lanka ( Walker 1873) and recently mentioned from Papua New Guinea (Chérot et al., under press). The species is also known from China (Hainan, Yunnan), India (Karnataka), Indonesia (Java) and Taiwan ( Carvalho 1959; Schuh 2002–2013).