Cyrtopeltocoris albofasciatus Reuter, 1876

Wyniger, Denise, Schuh, Randall T. & Henry, Thomas J., 2023, Revision of the North American Hallodapini (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), American Museum Novitates 2023 (3994), pp. 1-48 : 17-21

Cyrtopeltocoris albofasciatus Reuter

Figures 1 , 4 , 6 , table 1

Cyrtopeltocoris albofasciatus Reuter, 1876: 81 (original description); Hernández and Henry, 2010: 121

(photo). Sericophanes transversus Knight, 1918: 82 (original description) (synonymized by Knight, 1927: 41). Cyrtopeltocoris arizonae Knight, 1968: 163 (original description); Carvalho and Afonso, 1977: 9 (list).

New synonym. Cyrtopeltocoris balli Knight, 1968: 164 (original description). New synonym. Cyrtopeltocoris barberi Knight, 1968: 164 (original description). New synonym. Cyrtopeltocoris argentinus Carvalho and Costa, 1995: 229 (original description). New synonym.

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by the presence of short recumbent, appressed setae on the head and pronotum and long, erect setae on the scutellum, clavus, and corium, usually dark coloration, and hemelytron with distinct, slender, straight, transverse, ivory band, and head with a relatively narrow vertex (fig. 1, table 1). Similar to C. huachucae in coloration and general appearance and with a partially overlapping distribution, but differs by having a more narrow vertex, weakly swollen frons, the clavus and corium largely covered with very long erect setae rather than erect setae only at apex of clavus and corium, and endosoma ending in a broad membranous apex (fig. 4) with a unique sclerotized band distad of secondary gonopore, in contrast to that in C. huachucae (fig. 2); also similar in size and coloration to C. gracilentis (fig. 2), but scutellum more strongly elevated in that species, the claval/corial band is narrowly disjunct at the radial vein, the ostiolar auricle white (rather than reddish brown), and the distributions essentially nonoverlapping (fig. 6), with C. albofasciatus in western North America and C. gracilentis in the East; the latter lacking the sclerotized band distad of the secondary gonopore (fig. 4).

REDESCRIPTION: Male: Mean total length 3.65. Coloration (fig. 1): Head brown; labium brown; pronotum orange-brown to brown; mesoscutum and scutellum reddish brown, or dark orange; scent-gland auricle ivory, brown apically; clavus, corium, and embolium brown or orange brown basally, ivory medially, brown apically; corium with transverse ivory band almost straight, or just slightly swollen medially (fig. 1); lateral ivory spot anterior to cuneus almost square or roundish (fig. 1); cuneus brownish red; membrane fuscous; antennal segments brown or slightly yellowish, with first segment yellowish brown (fig. 1); venter brown; mesepisternum red-brown; procoxa and trochanter of front legs brown, meso- and metacoxae ivory with trochanters ivory and brown apically; femora and tibiae brown; tarsi yellowish (fig. 1). Surface

♂ macropters

(N = 2) Mean 3.32 2.36 0.49 0.70 0.43 0.69 1.05 0.50 0.34

SD 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.00

Range 0.03 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.00

Min 3.30 2.34 0.48 0.69 0.42 0.67 1.04 0.48 0.34

Max 3.33 2.37 0.50 0.70 0.43 0.70 1.06 0.51 0.34

♀ brachypters

(N = 5) Mean 2.91 0.50 0.65 0.34 0.75 0.74 0.41 0.41

SD 0.05 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.01

Range 0.38 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.03

Min 2.72 0.48 0.62 0.30 0.72 0.72 0.37 0.40

Max 3.10 0.51 0.67 0.38 0.78 0.77 0.43 0.43

C. albofasciatus

♂ (N = 8) Mean 3.65 2.52 0.38 0.60 0.36 0.49 0.74 1.06 0.45 0.33 0.96

SD 0.15 0.08 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.08

Range 0.47 0.21 0.11 0.12 0.05 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.11 0.09 0.22

Min 3.43 2.43 0.33 0.55 0.34 0.41 0.69 0.98 0.38 0.29 0.86

Max 3.90 2.64 0.43 0.67 0.39 0.55 0.85 1.12 0.49 0.37 1.08

C. brailovskyi ♂ (N = 1) 4.11 2.73 0.41 0.59 0.39 0.63 0.72 1.15 0.42 0.30 1.13

C. fractifasciatus

♂ (N = 5) Mean 3.46 2.38 0.28 0.68 0.39 0.47 0.79 0.97 0.42 0.23 0.82 SD 0.14 0.10 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.06 Range 0.35 0.24 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.09 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.16 Min 3.37 2.31 0.27 0.65 0.37 0.43 0.76 0.95 0.40 0.21 0.78 Max 3.71 2.55 0.30 0.71 0.43 0.53 0.82 0.99 0.45 0.25 0.93

C. gracilentis

♂ (N = 6) Mean 3.67 2.47 0.31 0.59 0.42 0.55 0.74 0.99 0.42 0.30 1.02 SD 0.27 0.13 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.10 0.08 0.03 0.03 0.11 Range 0.65 0.35 0.11 0.14 0.09 0.09 0.26 0.24 0.11 0.08 0.25 Min 3.34 2.27 0.24 0.49 0.37 0.51 0.62 0.86 0.37 0.27 0.92 Max 3.99 2.62 0.35 0.63 0.46 0.60 0.88 1.11 0.47 0.34 1.17

C. hallodapoides ♂ (N = 1) 3.06 2.08 0.36 0.44 0.31 0.43 0.62 0.84 0.36 0.24 0.90 C. huachucae ♂ (N = 5) Mean 3.78 2.66 0.43 0.62 0.40 0.54 0.71 1.06 0.45 0.41 0.92

and vestiture (fig. 1): Vertex and pronotum bearing recumbent setae; scutellum and hemelytron with distinct long erect setae. Structure (fig. 1): Slender; pronotum campanulate, slightly swollen basally (fig. 1); scutellum moderately swollen; corium with lateral margin slightly convex basally at level of brown coloration; labium reaching third abdominal segment. genitalia (fig. 4): Endosoma coiled as in figure 4, slender, ending in membranous apex; sclerotized band distad of secondary gonopore (fig. 4); phallotheca elongate, just slightly curved; left paramere with anterior process stout and short, posterior process distinctly curved downward; right paramere short and roundish.

Female (fig. 1): Coloration of body and appendages similar to male. Eyes relatively smaller than in male. Pronotum campanulate, pronotal collar not so broad and flat as in male. Pronotum strongly campanulate; scutellum more strongly elevated than male in known species. Hemelytron truncate, angled from midline to costal margin, covering anterior one-third of abdomen. GENITALIA: Ring glands large and sclerotized; posterior wall simple; vestibular sclerites small.

DISTRIBUTION (fig. 6): Distributed broadly across the American Southwest.

DISCUSSION: This is one of the most common species in collections. The sclerotized bar distal to the secondary gonopore is distinctive within the genus and has facilitated the process of identifying junior synonyms of this species.

Among species described by Reuter from North America, including Cyrtopeltocoris albofaciatus , some specimens were labeled as “ Texas ” or “ Texas, Belfrage.” These specimens were presumably all collected by Gustave Wilhelm Belfrage, a Swede, who immigrated to the United States and settled in Bosque County, central Texas, where he lived in the settlements of Clifton , and ultimately the primarily Norwegian community of Norse , where he spent the rest of his life ( Geiser, 1948). We here designate as lectotype a specimen deposited in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution ( USNM), for C. albofasciatus from among the specimens that may have been examined by Reuter. The label data read as “ Texas, Belfrage,” which corresponds to the data recorded in the original description. Although Reuter did not indicate how many specimens he studied, we have found two specimens in the USNM collection that bear identification labels that may have been written by Reuter , but the second specimen of the two is labeled only “ Texas,” rather than “ Texas, Belfrage” as in the original description. A number of other specimens bear no identification labels, although they all appear to be Belfrage material. We also found four specimens labeled as only “ Texas ” in Swedish Museum of Natural History ( SMNH), one of which is labeled in Reuter’s hand as “ Cyrtopeltocoris albofasciatus Reut. Type” offering evidence that they belonged to the original series. Consequently , we treat all the “ Texas ” specimens in both the SMNH and the USNM as paralectotypes .

Our treatment of C. transversus (Knight) , C. balli Knight , and C. barberi Knight as junior synonyms of albofasciatus is based on the dissection of numerous specimens, including paratypes of C. transversus and the holotypes of C. balli and C. barberi . The synonymy of C. arizonae Knight is based on examination of the holotype and a single male paratype from a locality different than that of the holotype.

The holotype and only known specimen of C. argentinus , described from Meloidie , Misiones, Argentina [H.L. Parker col., 1942] is lost. It was not returned to the La Plata Museum as indicated in the original description and apparently was destroyed in the 2018 Museu Nacional ( Rio de Janeiro ) fire. Based on the original description, the distinctive transverse band across the corium and clavus [not touching the lateral margin of the corium], the white marking anterior to the cuneus, and the figure of the endosoma, it is our opinion that this species is conspecific with the North American C. albofasciatus . Rather than explain its occurrence in Argentina as an extremely disjunct distribution, we believe this is a case of mislabeling a specimen from Mexico or the southwestern United States.

LECTOTYPE male [here designated] of Cyrtopeltocoris albofasciatus : USA: Texas: [Bosque Co.:] Texas [Norse, 31.75 ° N 97.66667 ° W, 262 m, between 1870 and 1880], Belfrage Collection ( AMNH _ PBI 00410972 ) ( USNM).

HOLOTYPE male of Cyrtopeltocoris arizonae Knight : USA: Arizona: Yavapai Co.: Glen Oak , 34.44308 ° N 112.5485 ° W, 1675 m, 19 Jul 1929, E.D. Ball ( AMNH _ ENT 00286401 ) ( USNM).

HOLOTYPE male of Cyrtopeltocoris balli Knight : USA: Colorado: Pueblo Co.: Pueblo , 38.25444 ° N 104.60861 ° W, 1524 m, 15 Jun 1900, E.D. Ball ( AMNH _ ENT 00286402 ) ( USNM).

HOLOTYPE male of Cyrtopeltocoris barberi Knight : USA: Arizona: Cochise Co. : Huachuca Mountains, VII 23, H.G. Barber ( AMNH _ENT 00286403) ( USNM).

HOLOTYPE male of Sericophanes transversus Knight : USA: Texas: Karnes Co. : Gillette ( CUIC) [specimen not examined; synonymy based on examination of paratypes in USNM].

PARALECTOTYPES [here designated] of Cyrtopeltocoris albofasciatus : Texas : Bosque Co.: Texas [Norse], 31.75 ° N 97.66667 ° W, 262 m, between 1870 and 1880, [Belfrage Collection], 8♂ ( AMNH _ PBI 00410965 – AMNH _ PBI 00410971 , AMNH _ PBI 00410973 ) ( USNM), 4♂ ( SMNH) with labels reading “ Texas.”

PARATYPES Of JUNIOR SYNONYMS: Cyrtopeltocoris arizonae Knight : USA: Arizona: Graham Co.: Bonita, Post Creek Canyon, 32.6481 ° N 109.92617 ° W, 1692 m, 16 Jul 1917, H.H. Knight, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00404967) (CNC). Cyrtopeltocoris balli Knight : USA: Colorado: Pueblo Co.: Pueblo, 38.25444 ° N 104.60861 ° W, 1524 m, 15 Jun 1900, unknown collector, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00404965), 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00404966) (CNC), 3♂ (AMNH_PBI 00411074–AMNH_PBI 00411076) (USNM). Sericophanes transversus Knight : USA: Arizona: Cochise Co. : Texas Pass (Summit), 32.06314 ° N 110.07479 ° W, 1523 m, 20 Jul 1917, H.H. Knight, 3♂ (AMNH_PBI 00411036–AMNH_PBI 00411038) (USNM). New Mexico: Dona Ana Co.: Mesilla Park, 32.27 ° N 106.80028 ° W, 12 Jul 1917, H.H. Knight, 13♂ (AMNH_PBI 00411024–AMNH_PBI 00411035, AMNH_PBI 00411039) (USNM). Texas: Karnes Co. : Gillett, 29.1344 ° N 97.7875 ° W, 30 m, 26 Jun 1917, H.H. Knight, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00404963, AMNH_PBI 00404964) (CNC), 1♀ [allotype] (AMNH_PBI 00411041), 28♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410984–AMNH_PBI 00411011), 1♂ (AMNH_ PBI 00410975) (USNM). Uvalde Co.: Sabinal, 29.31722 ° N 99.46611 ° W, 02 Jul 1917, H.H. Knight, 12♂ (AMNH_PBI 00411012–AMNH_PBI 00411023) (USNM).

OTHER SPECIMENS EXAMINED: MEXICO: Baja California Norte: 14 mi N of Laguna Hanson, Sierra Juarez , 32.22856 ° N 115.9442 ° W, 1603 m, 13 Jul 1955, J.R. Slevin, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00411091) (USNM). Baja California Sur: El Triunfo, S of La Paz, 23.80311 ° N 110.01474 ° W, 491 m, 03 Oct 1981, F. Andrews & D. Faulkner, Parthenium hysterophorus L. ( Asteraceae ), 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00074425) (SDNH). Chihuahua: 42 mi N of Chihuahua in canyon, 3 mi W of Parrita, 29.07957 ° N 106.39091 ° W, 1658 m, 02 Jun 1981, J.K. Liebherr, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00081106) (UCB). San Jose, 5 mi NW of Nuevo Casas Grande, 30.43367 ° N 107.97193 ° W, 1524 m, 01 Oct 1988, M.D. Schwartz, Grindelia sp. (Asteraceae) , det. A. Tiehm (NYBG), 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00175619, AMNH_PBI 00175624) (AMNH). Sonora: Yécora, 28.37128 ° N 108.91893 ° W, 1539 m, 20 May 1961 – 22 May 1961, Gibson, Howden, and Martin, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00404961) (CNC). Tamaulipas: Ciudad Victoria, 23.73333 ° N 99.13333 ° W, 19 Mar 1986, Wharton and Woolley, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00411092) (USNM). USA: Arizona: Cochise Co. : 5 mi W of Portal, Southwestern Research Station (SWRS), Chiricahua Mountains, 31.8825 ° N 109.206 ° W, 1646 m, 05 Aug 1958, R.O. Schuster, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00086778) (UCD). Chiricahua Mountains, Cave Creek Canyon, 31.8962 ° N 109.16367 ° W, 1646 m, 24 Jun 1968, Vincent D. Roth, 1♂ (SWRS); 24 Jun 1968, Vincent D. Roth, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00392975) (AMNH). Chiricahua Mountains, Hidden Terrace, 4.5 mi SW of Portal, 31.8676 ° N 109.19499 ° W, 1646 m, 21 Aug 1982 – 25 Aug 1982, M.A. Cazier, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00175605, AMNH_PBI 00175606) (AMNH); 11 Sep 1982 – 15 Sep 1982, M.A. Cazier, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00175607, AMNH_PBI 00175608) (AMNH). Douglas, 31.34444 ° N 109.54472 ° W, 25 Aug 1968, unknown collector, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00392976) (AMNH), 1♂ (SWRS). Huachuca Mountains, 5354 Ash Canyon Road, 0.5 mi W of Hwy 92, 31.38194 ° N 110.22444 ° W, 1554 m, 18 Jun 1992, N. McFarland, 1♂ (AMNH_ PBI 00411043) (USNM). Stewart Campground (W of Portal), 31.88611 ° N 109.17138 ° W, 1571 m, 25 Jul 1971, J. Doyen, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00081105) (UCB). Coconino Co.: Oak Creek Canyon at Pine Flats campground, T19N R6E Sec 22, 35.01178 ° N 111.73762 ° W, 1676 m, 16 Jul 1981, Thomas, Burne, 1♂ (UAZ). Gila Co. : Globe, 33.39422 ° N 110.78649 ° W, 15 Aug 1933, Parker, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00078652) (CAS). Graham Co.: Pinaleno Mountains, Stockton Pass, 32.64083 ° N 109.84306 ° W, 1631 m, 01 Jun 1983 – 02 Jun 1983, R.T. Schuh, G.M. Stonedahl, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00175622), 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00175609, AMNH_PBI 00175610) (AMNH). Maricopa Co. : E of Sunflower [CL 1634], 33.85356 ° N 111.44581 ° W, 1035 m, 10 Aug 1982, J.T. Polhemus, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00068177, AMNH_PBI 00068178) (JTP). Sunflower, 33.8642 ° N 111.46763 ° W, 10 Aug 1982, J.T. Polhemus, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00068179) (JTP). Navajo Co.: 10 mi W of Woodruff, 34.76667 ° N 110.21667 ° W, 1631 m, 20 Apr 1971, J. May, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00186373, AMNH_PBI 00186381) (USNM). Pima Co. : Santa Catalina Mountains, Molino Basin, 32.5 ° N 110.92056 ° W, 11 Jun 1968, C.D. MacNeill & G.F. MacNeill, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00078655) (CAS). Santa Catalina Mountains, Sabino Basin, 32.36666 ° N 110.26833 ° W, 08 Jul 1916 – 20 Jul 1916, unknown collector, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00175618) (AMNH). Santa Rita Mountains, Madera Canyon, 31.74251 ° N 110.88533 ° W, 1341 m, 25 May 1982, C.N. McKinnon, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00068171) (JTP). Tucson, 32.22167 ° N 110.92583 ° W, 01 Aug 1938, H.G. Johnston, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410977) (USNM). Santa Cruz Co.: Madera Canyon, 31.72555 ° N 110.88027 ° W, 02 Oct 1963, V.L. Vesterby, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00086779) (UCD). Colorado: Elbert Co.: 7 mi E of Parker, 39.51501 ° N 104.64124 ° W, 1876 m, 08 Aug 1983, D.A. and J.T. Polhemus, 17♂ (AMNH_PBI 00068155–AMNH_PBI 00068170, AMNH_PBI 00068180) (JTP). Pueblo Co.: Pueblo, 38.25444 ° N 104.60861 ° W, 1524 m, 15 Jun 1900, unknown collector, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00175630) (AMNH); 15 Jun 1900, E.D. Ball, 1;u (CSUC_TCN 00009755) (CSUC). New Mexico: Eddy Co.: Site 7, Eddy County, 32.875 ° N 104.75 ° W, 25 Sep 1979, R.R. Murray and J.C. Schaffner, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410976) (USNM). Oklahoma: Beckham Co.: Sayre, 35.28333 ° N 99.63333 ° W, 550 m, 06 Jun 1937, Standish-Kaiser, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410955) (USNM). Dewey Co.: Taloga, 36.03333 ° N 98.95 ° W, 520 m, 06 Jun 1937, Standish-Kaiser, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410956) (USNM). McCurtain Co.: Broken Bow, 34.02371 ° N 94.73472 ° W, 138 m, 13 Jun 1939, D.C. Arnold, 2♂ (AMNH_ PBI 00411042, AMNH_PBI 00410960) (USNM). Murray Co.: Sulphur, 34.5 ° N 96.96667 ° W, 307 m, 14 Jul 1937, Standish-Kaiser, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410959) (USNM). Tillman Co.: Grandfield, 34.23067 ° N 98.68742 ° W, 05 Jul 1937, Standish-Kaiser, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410958) (USNM). Woodward Co.: Alabaster Caverns State Park, 36.90194 ° N 99.14555 ° W, 570 m, 08 May 1974, G.F. and S. Hevel, 3♂ (AMNH_ PBI 00271775, AMNH_PBI 00271776, AMNH_PBI 00271778) (USNM). Texas: Brewster Co.: Big Bend National Park, nr Nugent Mountain, 29.25356 ° N 103.17138 ° W, 1049 m, 08 Oct 1966 – 09 Oct 1966, unknown collector, 5♂ (AMNH_PBI 00186376–AMNH_PBI 00186379, AMNH_PBI 00186382) (USNM). Cameron Co. : Port Isabel, 26.0736 ° N 97.213 ° W, VIII-5, unknown collector, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410974) (USNM). Hidalgo Co.: San Juan, 26.18508 ° N 98.15214 ° W, 33 m, 28 Jun 1938, L.W. Hepner, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00391389) (KU). Weslaco, 26.15947 ° N 97.99052 ° W, 23 m, 15 Jun 1931, S.W. Clark, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00068184) (JTP). Hudspeth Co.: 0.5 mi E of Indio Mountain Reserve Station, 30.77333 ° N 105.01333 ° W, 1250 m, 12 Apr 2002, Diaz and Gillogly, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00391889) (TAMU). Maverick Co.: Eagle Pass, 28.70889 ° N 100.499 ° W, 12 Jul 1933, unknown collector, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00411094) (USNM). Presidio Co.: Presidio, 29.56056 ° N 104.37167 ° W, 788 m, 02 Apr 1954, unknown collector, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410978) (USNM); 19 Apr 1955, J.H. Russell, 3♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410979– AMNH_PBI 00410981) (USNM); 16 May 1955, J.H. Russell, 2♂ (AMNH_PBI 00410982, AMNH_PBI 00410983) (USNM). Terrell Co.: Sanderson, 30.1422 ° N 102.3936 ° W, 849 m, 27 Apr 1959, Howden and Becker, 1♂ (AMNH_PBI 00404987) (CNC).

Figures

FIG. 1. Dorsal habitus and lateral view images of Cyrtopeltocoris spp., C. ajo–C. cubanus.

FIG. 4. Male genitalia of Cyrtopeltocoris spp., C. ajo–C. gracilentis.

FIG. 6. Distributions of Cyrtopeltocoris spp.