Mystilus carinatus Lansbury, 1963

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Chérot, F., 2019, The Indian Mecistoscelini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review, Zootaxa 4711 (1), pp. 157-174 : 166

Mystilus carinatus Lansbury, 1963

Mystilus carinatus: Lansbury 1963: 2 , 7, 10–11 (as new species, head, parameres); Schuh 1995: 684 (catalog); Schuh 2002 – 2013 (online catalog).

Diagnosis. Frons and vertex black (with bluish black iridescence according to Lansbury 1963). Mandibular plate and tylus yellowish. Eyes black. Antennal segments I yellowish with reddish spots, and a reddish patch apically. Segment II whitish basally, reddish medially and apically. Antennal segments III and IV darker (dark brown to black according to Lansbury 1963). Pronotal collar yellow. Pronotal disk and callosities black (bluish black according to Lansbury 1963), the disk posteriorly yellow ( Fig. 24 ). Callosities rounded, separated medially, reaching lateral margins in dorsal view. Mesoscutum almost covered, brown. Scutellum dark brown to bluish black, longitudinally keeled and transversally striate. Hemelytra whitish, translucent, including cunei and membrane. Base of clavii and coria brown, as apex of clavii. Male genitalic structures as Figs 32–37 . Left paramere devoid of tertiary apophysis ( Fig. 36 ). Right paramere body swollen ( Fig. 34–35 ). Apex of right paramere almost in body axis, hooked. Female genitalic structures unknown. Measurements of Indian specimens in table 1.

Material examined. Type: INDIA: KERALA, Holotype (m), Travancore, Thekkadi, Periyar dam, 6 to 10.v.1937 ( BMNH). Other examined specimens: INDIA: KERALA, 2m, 5f, Kollam, Arippa, 8º51’03.78” N, 77º 02’ 31.72” E, 13.xi.2014, Yeshwanth H.M. leg., Ex: Ochlandra sp. ( UASB).

Distribution. India: Kerala: Travancore, Thekkadi, Periyar dam., Arippa.

Figures

FIGURES 22–25. Habitus in dorsal view of Mystilus types preserved in BMNH. 22. Mystilus antrami Distant, 1909. 23. Mystilus manni Distant, 1909 (new synonym of M. antrami). 24. Mystilus carinatus Lansbury, 1963. 25. Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904.

FIGURES 32–37. Male genitalia of Mystilus carinatus Lansbury, 1963. 32–33. Pygophore. 34–35. Right paramere. 36. Left paramere. 37. Aedeagus