Solomonomimus Schuh

Menard, Katrina L. & Schuh, Randall T., 2011, Revision Of Leucophoropterini: Diagnoses, Key To Genera, Redescription Of The Australian Fauna, And Descriptions Of New Indo-Pacific Genera And Species (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (361), pp. 1-159 : 143

Solomonomimus Schuh Figure 39

Solomonomimus Schuh,1984:221 (n.gen.,descr.,disc.).

TYPE SPECIES: Solomonomimus roroni Schuh, 1984 , by original designation.

DIAGNOSIS: Recognized by flattened pronotal collar, distinctly shiny head, pronotum, and scutellum, large eyes occupying entire height of head in lateral view, weakly swollen posterior lobe of pronotum weakly convex in lateral view and completely obscuring mesoscutum in dorsal view, finely punctuate, nearly parallel-sided hemelytron, presence of a posterolateral swelling on corium anterior to cuneal fracture forming a lobelike process, posterior area of cuneus darker than remainder of hemelytron, broad and parallel-sided abdomen, and abdominal sternite 1 broader than long.

Female: Unknown.

HOSTS: Unknown.

DISTRIBUTION: Solomon Islands.

DISCUSSION: This genus is very similar externally to Ctypomiris due to the weak medial constriction and nearly parallel-sided lateral margins of the hemelytron, the nearly rectangular head (especially C. kokure ), and the partial transverse hemelytral fascia. However, Ctypomiris has a distinctive endosoma with the apex bearing several spinelike processes, which do not occur in Solomonomimus . Further, the clypeus is flush with the frons in lateral view for Solomonomimus , whereas in both species of Ctypomiris the clypeus extends past the frons in lateral view and is visible dorsally.

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Figure 39. Distribution of Solomonomimus sp.