Chlamydatus Curtis, 1833

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2006, A study on genus Chlamydatus Curtis, 1833 from China (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Zootaxa 1271, pp. 57-68 : 58

Chlamydatus Curtis, 1833

Chlamydatus Curtis 1833: 198 .

Type species: Chlamydatus marginatus Curtis, 1833

Diagnosis: Small, elongate oval or ovate; sometimes submacropterous with membrane shortened and just covering abdomen, or brachypterous leaving much of abdomen exposed; coloration of body dark, often entirely black; eyes bulging and often extending laterally beyond anterolateral angles of pronotum; antennal segment II usually slender, generally no longer than width of head; femora moderately broad; claws only moderately elongate, nearly straight over much of length, pulvilli relatively large, adnate to at least basal half of ventral claw surface; parempodia setiform; vestiture of dorsum composed of simple setae, dull black to silvery or golden and shining, sometimes appearing neatly arranged.

Male genitalia: Vesica with a single strap, apical attenuation single; gonopore relatively large, closed both proximally and distally; phallotheca strongly sclerotized; left paramere conventional phyline; right paramere lanceolate.

Dark­colored Chlamydatus spp. are most easily confused with some of the small black species of Plagiognathus Fieber and Phoenicocoris Reuter , but they can be distinguished by the male genitalia and setae on the dorsum.