Rhabdomiris Wagner 1968

Kim, Junggon, Kim, Young Jin, Lim, Jongok & Jung, Sunghoon, 2019, A new species of the genus Rhabdomiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) from the Korean Peninsula, based on morphology and molecular data, Zootaxa 4688 (3), pp. 431-441 : 432

Genus Rhabdomiris Wagner 1968

Rhabdomiris Wagner, 1968: 157 (as subgenus of Calocoris ; upgraded by Rosenzweig, 1997: 168). Type species: Cimex quadripunctatus Villers, 1789 (= Lygaeus striatellus Fabricius, 1794 ).

Diagnosis: Differs from other representatives of Mirini as follows: body somewhat large (more than 7 mm) and elongated (width/length ratio: 0.38); antennae long and thin, not clavate, first antennal segment longer than head width; head and scutellum covered with sparse short pubescence; pronotum glossy without pubescence; dark brown stripes along veins on hemelytron present ( Fig. 1 ); left paramere with noticeable long process; endosoma with long spicule and three sclerites, lateral sclerite II with tiny spinules, medial sclerite bifurcated; interramal lobe of female genitalia with small spinules ( Figs. 2–4 ).

Notes: Rhabdomiris was erected as a subgenus of Calocoris by Wagner (1968). After that, Rosenzweig (1997) upgraded Rhabdomiris as genus-level taxon based on the distinct genital morphology of both sexes, and indicated that this genus did not display relationships with other genera in the tribe Mirini . Recently, Kim & Jung (2019) published comprehensive phylogenetic study of Mirinae , supporting that this genus is not related with Calocoris and is an independent lineage based on morphological and molecular data.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal habitus of Rhabdomiris spp. A: Rhabdomiris koreanus Kim et Jung sp. nov., Holotype ♂; B: Rhabdomiris koreanus Kim et Jung sp. nov., Paratype ♀; C: R. pulcherrimus ♂; D: R. striatellus ♂.

FIGURE 2. Genitalic structures of male and female of Rhabdomiris koreanus Kim et Jung sp. nov. A: left paramere in dorsal view; B: ditto, in lateral view; C: right paramere; D–F: endosoma; G: genital chamber; H: posterior wall; scale bar: 0.5mm.

FIGURE 3. Genitalic structures of male and female of Rhabdomiris pulcherrimus. A: left paramere in dorsal view; B: ditto, in lateral view; C: right paramere; D–F: endosoma; G: genital chamber; H: posterior wall; scale bar: 0.5mm.

FIGURE 4. Genitalic structures of male and female of Rhabdomiris striatellus. A: left paramere in dorsal view; B: ditto, in lateral view; C: right paramere; D–F: endosoma; G: genital chamber; H: posterior wall; scale bar: 0.5mm.