Adelphocorisella Miyamoto & Yasunaga, 1993

Chérot, F. & Malipatil, M. B., 2016, A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 4126 (2), pp. 151-206 : 159

3. Adelphocorisella Miyamoto & Yasunaga, 1993

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Adelphocorisella Miyamoto & Yasunaga, 1993: 47 (as new genus) [type-species by original designation: Adelphocorisella lespedezae Miyamoto & Yasunaga, 1993 ]. Adelphocorisella: Schuh 1995: 695 (catalog); Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 59 (catalog); Malipatil & Chérot 2002: 103 (discussion); Schuh 2002–2013 (online catalog); Aukema Rieger & Rabitsch 2013: 185 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Body sub-oblong, total length: 4.5–6.2, slightly convex laterally, uniformly dark brown to black; eyes wide, posterior margin contiguous with pronotal collar; labium usually exceeding posterior coxae; first antennal segment elongate, bearing some stiff, suberect setae; pronotum with sparse, dark brown to black, dense, silvery setae; scutellum slightly swollen but not ampule-like; metafemora Phytocoris -like, elongate, distally tapered, tibial spines light; hemelytra dull, punctation very reduced, pilosity similar to that on pronotum, veins raised above surface; secondary gonopore complete, devoid of sclerite or long hairs; phallus devoid of comb, with at least a true spiculum and frequently some other sclerites, including a phallic support; parieto-vaginal rings large, devoid of anterior projection or other additional sclerite; dorso-labiate plate distinct; dorsal process of posterior wall and median process reduced or absent.

Included species. A. australis Malipatil & Chérot, 2002 *, A. brunnescens (Poppius, 1915) n. comb *, A. insulana Miyamoto & Yasunaga, 1993 , A. lespedezae Miyamoto & Yasunaga, 1993 *, A. relatum (Distant, 1904) (new combination)*, A. rubricornis n. sp. *

Distribution. Australia, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, several Pacific Islands, Sri Lanka.

Host plants. Fabaceae. A. brunnescens was also collected by fogging on Meliaceae, Rubiaceae and Sapindaceae (Chérot et al. in prep.).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 8. Habitus of ACMc members: 1. Adelphocoridea brunnea Poppius, 1912, male from Madagascar (MNRJ). 2. Adelphocoridea laevigata Poppius, 1912, female holotype from Madagascar (MZHF). 3. Adelphocoris seticornis (Fabricius, 1775) from Belgium. 4. Adelphocorisella brunnescens (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., male holotype from Papua New Guinea (MZHF). 5. Adelphocorisella relata (Distant, 1904) n. comb., male lectotype from Sri Lanka (NHM). 6. Adelphocorisella rubricornis n. sp., female holotype from Australia (ANIC). 7. Carvalhocapsus scutellosum (Carpintero & Chérot, 2002), male paratype from Argentina (Coll. D. L. Carpintero). 8. Cheilocapsidea insignis (Distant, 1909), male from Laos (NMPC). Scales = 1 mm.

FIGURES 9 – 11. Male genitalia of Adelphocorisella rubricornis n. sp.: 9. Left paramere. 10 Apex of primary apophysis of left paramere. 11. Phallotheca. Scales = 0.1 mm, except Fig. 10 scale = 0.05 mm.