Compsidolon pumilum (Jakovlev, 1876)

(Figs. 15–16, 52–55)

Agalliastes pumilus Jakovlev, 1876: 121 .

Psallus atomosus Reuter, 1878: 150; Reuter, 1910: 86.

Psallus fuscopunctatus Knight, 1930: 126 .

Compsidolon pumilum: Wagner and Weber, 1964: 491; Wagner, 1965: 121; Wagner, 1975: 143; Nonnaizab and Yang, 1994: 17; Schuh, 1995:298; Kerzhner and Schuh, 1998: 242; Kerzhner and Josifov, 1999: 330; Konstantinov, 2006: 497.

Specimens examined. 1 male (photographed), 2 females (one of them photographed), CHINA: Hinggan Meng (45°03'N, 121°28'E), Nei Mongol Autonomous Region, 2.VII.1987; 1 female, CHINA: Kazak Autonomous County of Mori (43°49'N, 90°17'E), Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 22.VII. 1992.

Diagnosis. Small size, total length 2.68 (male), 2.65 (female); general coloration light yellow, hemelytra and scutellum with dark spots, pronotum without any spots; dorsum covered with recumbent, dark, simple setae and silvery setae; frons projecting, with dark radial stripes; vertex with a transverse row of dark spots near the posterior margin; antennal segment I completely black, segments II, III, and IV pale; labium reaching to hind coxae; tibial spines dark with black base, all tibiae darkened at base, sometimes not very obvious. Male genitalia (Figs. 52–55): Endosoma relatively small, about sigmoid, slightly forked at end of apical spine.

Host plants. Artemisia gallica (Linnavuori, 1971), Artemisia monogyna, Artemisia obtusitoloba and Atriplex cana (Konstantinov, 2006).

Distribution. China (Nei Mongol, Xinjiang), Russia, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, Armenia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Egypt, USA.