Nigrotomocoris, Henry and Menard, 2020

Henry, Thomas J. & Menard, Katrina L., 2020, Revision and Phylogeny of the Eccritotarsine Plant Bug Genus Caulotops Bergroth, with Descriptions of Four New Genera and 14 New Species (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) Associated with Agave (Agavoideae Asparagaceae) and Related Plant Genera, Zootaxa 4772 (2), pp. 201-252 : 233

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4772.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:442349A6-2D72-4FBE-9E03-1F94F45096CD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3818906

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F687CA-FFC5-7F2F-FF5C-DF54FA12F6AC

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Nigrotomocoris
status

 

Key to the Species of Nigrotomocoris

1. Tibiae and antennal segment II pale yellowish brown; distribution: San Luis Potosi, Mexico........ tibiopallidus (Carvalho) View in CoL

– Legs and antennal segment II uniformly black................................................................2

2. Larger species, length 3.24–3.88 mm; head with a broad pale yellowish-brown fascia across base; basal half of antennal segment II distinctly thicker than apical half; labium relatively short, extending to middle coxae; genital tubercle stout ( Fig. 133 View FIGURES 129–137 ), broadly rounded apically; distribution: Oaxaca and Puebla, Mexico................................ nigrus (Carvalho) View in CoL

– Generally smaller species, length 3.00– 3.36 mm; head uniformly black, at most, with a narrow, indistinct yellowish-brown fascia across base; antennal segment II uniformly slender; labium extending at least to bases of hind coxae; genital tubercle more slender, apically pointed ( Figs. 131, 132 View FIGURES 129–137 )...................................................................3

3. Length of antennal segment II subequal to or greater than interocular width; pro-, meso-, and metapleural areas of thorax uniformly black; genital tubercle ( Fig. 132 View FIGURES 129–137 ) conical; distribution: Puebla, Mexico...................... .. longirostris , n. sp.

– Length of antennal segment II much shorter than interocular width; pro-, meso-, and metapleura each with a large circular or elongate-oval dirty white patch; genital tubercle ( Fig. 131 View FIGURES 129–137 ) spinelike, more elongate and apically acute; distribution: Durango, Mexico................................................................................... keltoni , n. sp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

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