Acrotelus abbaricus, Linnavuori, 2010

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2010, Studies on the Miridae (Phylinae, addenda to Deraeocorinae and Orthotylinae) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 369-414 : 373-375

Tribe Phylini Acrotelus abbaricus sp. nov. ( Figs. 3A–D , 26A )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, IRAN: ZANJAN: Abbar, 12.–14.v.2001. PARATYPE: GILAN: Dasht-e-Veel, 1 J, 1.–12.v.2001. The types will be deposited at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales (Cardiff, United Kingdom).

Description. Length 5.25 mm (J).

Colouration. Pale yellowish green ( Fig. 26A ). Eyes greyish. Antennomere 1 yellowish, with darkened base, antennomere 2 yellowish brown, other antennomeres blackish. Membranes pale greyish brown, veins yellowish. Ventral surface yellowish. Femora and tibiae yellowish, apical parts of femora with small brown dots. Tarsi blackish brown.

Structure. Body 3.5× as long as basal width of pronotum. Dorsal surface, especially hemelytra, with black bristles; head, pronotum, scutellum and basal parts of hemelytra also with pale hairs. Head 0.61× as broad as basal width of pronotum, in apical view 1.43× as broad as high; ocular index 1.73–1.93. Antennae with dense black hairs, length ratios of antennomeres 22: 70: 35: 20, antennomeres 1 and 2 rather incrassate, antennomere 1 0.37–0.39× as long as diatone, antennomere 2 1.1–1.23× as long as diatone and 0.66–0.75× as long as basal width of pronotum, antennomeres 3 and 4 relatively thin. Rostrum extending near middle coxae. Pronotum 2.1–2.2× as broad as long. Tibiae with short black bristles arising from small puncture and dense black hairs. Hind tarsomere 2 1.2× as long as tarsomere 3. Male genitalia as in Fig. 3A–D .

Differential diagnosis. The new species is related to A. major Wagner, 1968 from Algeria, which is of similar size (5.3–5.4 mm, J; 3.3– 3.05 mm, ♀) but differs in the structure of male genitalia. Acrotelus abbaricus sp. nov. is further easily distinguished by the presence of pale hairs on the dorsal surface, which in A. major has only black bristles. Moreover the antennae of males of A. major are black, antennomere 2 is more slender and 0.92× (J) or 0.7× (♀) as long as the basal width of pronotum.

Habitat. Collected at light trap in a garden.

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Distribution. So far known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig. 3. Acrotelus abbaricus sp. nov. A – right paramere; B – left paramere; C – theca; D – vesica.

Fig. 26. A – Acrotelus abbaricus sp. nov., male paratype; B – Campylomma khuzestanicum sp. nov., male paratype; C – Paredrocoris ilamicus sp. nov., holotype; D – Megalodactylus grandoculus sp. nov., holotype.