Volkelius, DISTANT, 1904

Namyatova, Anna A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2016, Systematic revision and phylogeny of the plant bug tribe Monaloniini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) of the world, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (1), pp. 36-136 : 130

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/zoj.12311

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5452860

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/142A4050-DE11-FFA6-937D-E7EFFD7CF99B

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Marcus

scientific name

Volkelius
status

 

VOLKELIUS DISTANT View in CoL

Figures 8 View Figure 8 , 10H View Figure 10 , 12A View Figure 12 , 24 View Figure 24

Volkelius Distant, 1904b: 271 View in CoL (gen nov.; type species Volkelius sulcatus Distant, 1904 View in CoL by monotypy); Kirkaldy, 1906: 134 (list); Miller & China, 1957: 430 (key to gen.); Reuter, 1910: 154 (cat.); Carvalho, 1952: 60 (cat.); Carvalho, 1955: 43 (key to gen.); Carvalho, 1957: 149 (cat.); Odhiambo, 1962: 307 (descr., disc); Cassis & Gross, 1995: 145 (cat.); Schuh, 1995: 533 (cat.); Schuh, 2002 – 2013 (cat.); Namyatova & Cassis, 2014 (revision); Namyatova et al., in press (phylogeny).

Diagnosis: Volkelius belongs to the Odoniella -complex and is recognized by the following characters: ASII incrassate towards apex (as in Fig. 8E View Figure 8 ); ASIII–IV distinctly clavate (as in fig. 8F in Namyatova et al., in press); pronotum and scutellum impunctate, with longitudinal and shallow wrinkles ( Figs 10H View Figure 10 , 12A View Figure 12 ); scutellum only moderately swollen, not vesiculate; tooth on claw long (fig. 3F, I in Namyatova & Cassis, 2014); DLP with sclerotized circle and spermathecal gland placed on right-hand side (fig. 5 in Namyatova & Cassis, 2014).

Description: See Namyatova & Cassis (2014).

Distribution: Known from Australia ( Fig. 24 View Figure 24 ).

Host plants: Volkelius carvalhoi was collected from Tephrosia sp. aff. rosea ( Papilionaceae ). Volkelius maculatus was collected from Ficus rubiginosa (Moraceae) ( Namyatova & Cassis, 2014).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Loc

Volkelius

Namyatova, Anna A. & Cassis, Gerasimos 2016
2016
Loc

Volkelius

Cassis G & Gross GF 1995: 145
Odhiambo TR 1962: 307
Miller NCE & China WE 1957: 430
Carvalho JCM 1957: 149
Carvalho JCM 1955: 43
Carvalho JCM 1952: 60
Reuter OM 1910: 154
Kirkaldy GW 1906: 134
Distant WL 1904: 271
1904
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