Bryocoropsis, SCHUMACHER, 1917

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 : 86-88

BRYOCOROPSIS SCHUMACHER

Figures 8 , 10H , 11D , 12A , 15A–H , 18G–J , 23

Bryocoropsis Schumacher, 1917: 453 (gen. nov.; type species Bryocoropsis laticollis by monotypy); Bergroth, 1922: 53 (cat.); China, 1944: 179 (key to gen.); Carvalho, 1952: 60 (cat.); Carvalho, 1955: 41 (key to gen.); Carvalho, 1957: 143 (cat.); Odhiambo, 1962: 298 (disc.); Lavabre, 1977a: 51 (key to gen.); Schuh, 1995: 526 (cat.); Schuh, 2002 –2013 (cat.); Namyatova et al., in press (phylogeny).

Diagnosis: Bryocoropsis belongs to the Odoniella - complex and can be distinguished from other genera in this group by the following characters: coloration mostly brown, body oval ( Fig. 8 ), ASII distinctly incrassate towards apex, with tip not swollen or only slightly swollen; ASIII–IV distinctly clavate (as in fig. 9F in Namyatova et al., in press); eyes stalked, distinctly directed laterally (as in Fig. 10H ); pronotum and scutellum often with shallow tumescences ( Fig. 11D ); setae on pronotum very rare; long and flattened setae on hemelytron; scutellum distinctly swollen, not exceeding pronotum height, nor divided into lower and upper regions (as in Fig. 12A ); spermathecal gland attached to right of midline ( Fig. 18G, I ).

Redescription: Male: Length c. 5–7 mm. COLORATION ( Fig. 8 ). Mostly brown to dark brown with yellow markings on pleura and appendages, sometimes abdomen and legs with reddish tinge. TEXTURE. Vertex often with two pairs of tubercles on vertex anteriorly and a third pair near posterior margin of eye, sometimes some or all tubercles indistinct; flattened areas on vertex often distinct, sometimes indistinct; wrinkles on head laterally absent; ASI without tubercles; pronotum and scutellum covered with distinct punctures, sometimes mixed with wrinkles; collar with two pairs of tubercles; shallow tubercles on posterior part of pronotum and scutellum often present, sometimes those tubercles more or less upraised or indistinct; pair of punctures between mesoscutum and scutellum, punctures on clavus and on R + M absent; striations on lateral margins of scutellum indistinct or present only anteriorly; semicircular depression between scutellum and mesoscutum absent. VESTITURE. Body clothed with setae shorter than width of hind tibia; head, pronotum, scutellum, thoracic pleura and abdomen clothed with simple short suberect setae, those setae on dorsal side of head, pronotum, scutellum and thoracic pleura very rare; hemelytron clothed with dark and pale flattened setae, sometimes only slightly flattened; ASI with rare pale or darkened adpressed setae, sometimes flattened; ASII–IV and legs with more or less dense semiadpressed spine-like setae, setae on ASII– IV dark, setae on legs usually pale, sometimes dark; black spinules on femora and tibiae irregularly distributed (as in fig. 18F in Namyatova et al., in press). STRUCTURE. Head. Distance between eye and pronotum shorter than eye diameter (as in Fig. 10F, H ); occipital region not delimited with depression; longitudinal depression on vertex absent or very short and shallow; eyes stylate, directed outwards (as in Fig. 10F, H ), c. 0.15–0.2× as wide as head; distance between antennal fossa twice as long as antennal fossa width; frons distinctly swollen with paired outgrowths (as in fig. 4C in Namyatova et al., in press), without ridges or longitudinal depression; anterior view of head c. 1.7– 1.9× as wide as high; eye as long as or slightly longer than distance between eye and apex of clypeus; antennal fossa oval, diameter c. 0.5–0.7× as long as eye height, not raised (as in fig. 3B Namyatova et al., in press); inferior margin of fossa placed near inferior margin of eye; base of clypeus placed at halfway of antennal fossa height; delimited with depression; head flat form lateral view; gula as long as or shorter than buccula length, slightly convex. Labium. Almost reaching or slightly surpassing anterior margin of metasternum; LSI c. 2–2.5× long as wide; LSII c. 3–4× as long as wide, subequal or slightly longer than LSI; LSIII c. 3–4× as long as wide, subequal to LSII; LSIV 5–6× as long as wide, c. 1.5× as long as LSIII. Antenna. Reaching apex of clavus; ASI c. 1.5× as long as wide, c. 0.25–0.35× as long as head width, widened basally (as in Fig. 10F–H ); ASII c. 5–6× as long as ASI, c. 0.7– 0.9× as long as head and pronotum combined, widened towards apex or swollen apically, without any swellings basally and medially (as in fig. 8E in Namyatova et al., in press); ASIII c. 0.6–0.7× as long as ASII, widened towards apex; ASIV c. 0.6–0.8× as long as ASIII, clavate (as in fig. 8F in Namyatova et al., in press). Thorax. Collar fused with callosite region or rarely delimited medially, flat; calli separated, flat; depression delimiting calli posteriorly absent (as in fig. 4C in Namyatova et al., in press); humeral angles of pronotum slightly or distinctly dilated, not serrate; posterior margin of pronotum distinctly concave, forming right angles (as in Fig. 10G , fig. 4C in Namyatova et al., in press); scutellum swollen, not covering base of pronotum, trapeziform, not divided into parts, obtuse apically ( Figs 11D , 12A ) with or without longitudinal depression medially, without outgrowth or ridge; metepimeron enlarged, c. 1.5–2× as high as long, angulate, subtriangular (as in Fig. 13E ); metasternum with medial projection to abdominal segment II (as in Fig. 17A in Namyatova et al., in press). Hemelytron. Costal margin straight or slightly rounded; claval commissure c. 0.5–0.7× as long as scutellum, straight (as in Fig. 12E in Namyatova et al., in press); R + M distinct only anteriorly, not reaching posterior margin of corium; medial fracture strongly inclined towards midline; corium without swelling posteriorly; cuneus c. 1.8–2.5× as long as wide, c. 0.4–0.7× as long as pronotum, medial margin slightly concave (as in fig. 13B in Namyatova et al., in press); membrane cell slightly or distinctly surpassing apex of cuneus, forming right angle, c. 0.7–0.9× as long as pronotum (as in fig. 13B in Namyatova et al., in press); auxiliary vein absent or very short present; distance from cell to apex of membrane c. 0.7× as long as cell length. Legs. Forecoxae contiguous (as in fig. 17A in Namyatova et al., in press); femora barely swollen apically, straight; foretibia shorter than head and pronotum combined; tibiae without swellings; segment I of hind tarsus slightly longer than segment II, subequal to segment III; claw curved in apical half; basal tooth of claw elongate, slightly concave (as in fig. 3F, I in Namyatova & Cassis, 2014). Genitalia ( Fig. 15A–H ). Genital capsule as long as wide or slightly longer than wide, without outgrowth(s), ventral wall not shortened anteriorly; left paramere r-shaped, c. 2–2.5× as long as right paramere; phallobase sclerite of primary gonopore subtriangular or heart-shaped, without outgrowth(s); ductus seminis not sclerotized basally, with or without elongate sclerite bounding secondary gonopore, shorter or as long as phallotheca, with coils forming wide tube, attached to phallobase medially; sclerotized part of phallotheca broad, occupying almost entire dorsal portion, slightly tapering, rounded apically, without ridge or outgrowths(s); endosoma with or without suboval sclerites.

Females: Length c. 7–8 mm. Coloration, surface, vestiture and structure as in male, but females slightly larger than males ( Fig. 8 ). Genitalia ( Fig. 18G–J ). DLP with a single sclerotized ring anteriorly, more than 3× as long as wide; two large areas of striations present, equal in diameter or right one distinctly larger than left; lateral oviducts attached at middle of those striated areas, widely separated, placed near lateral margin and at midpoint of DLP; spermathecal gland placed posteriorly, orientated slightly to right-hand side; posterior wall with small tubercles, without outgrowths and sclerotization; base of second valvula straight or slightly curved; ventral wall membranous.

Distribution: Known from tropical Africa ( Fig. 23 ).

Host plants: Species of this genus are known to feed on cocoa ( Leston, 1970; Entwistle, 1977), as well as from some species of the family Annonaceae ( Piart, 1977) .

Figures

Figure 8. Habitus photographs. Boxia khayae ♂ AMNH_PBI 5065, ♀ type 19448; Boxia madagascariensis ♀ AMNH_PBI 19532; Bryocoropsis laticollis var. infuscata ♂ AMNH_PBI 18947, ♀ AMNH_PBI 18946; Bryocoropsis soror ♂ AMNH_PBI 5115, ♀ AMNH_PBI 5117; Sahlbergella singularis ♂ AMNH_PBI 19118, ♀ AMNH_PBI 19057; Distantiella theobromae ♂ AMNH_PBI 5016, ♀ AMNH_PBI 5019; Odoniella rubra ♂ AMNH_PBI 18951, ♀ AMNH_PBI 18958; Odoniella similis ♂ AMNH_PBI 5036; Volkeliopsis arecae ♂ HT AMNH_PBI 19516; Volkeliopsis mindanao ♀ AMNH_PBI 5237; Platyngomiris coreoides ♀ HT of P. coreoides AMNH_PBI 19643; ♂ HT of Platyngomiriodes apiformis AMNH_PBI 19471, ♀ PT of P. apiformis no USI label (BMNH); Platyngomiris quadrimaculatus ♀ AMNH_PBI 20253; Platyngomiris typicus ♂ AMNH_PBI ♀; Yangambia macarangae ♂ AMNH_PBI 34057, ♀ AMNH_PBI 20192; Yangambia vesiculata ♂ AMNH_PBI 19079, ♀ AMNH_PBI 19086; Volkelius carvalhoi ♂ AMNH_PBI 19309, ♀ AMNH_PBI 20197; Volkelius sulcatus ♀ PLT AMNH_PBI 5047; Volkelius maculatus ♂ AMNH_PBI 19043, ♀ AMNH_PBI 19386.

Figure 10. Scanning electron micrographs. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. A, Mansoniella nitida ♀ AMNH_PBI 46067; B, Poppiusia leroyi ♀ AMNH_PBI 5838; C, Chamus bellus ♀ AMNH_PBI 5223; D, Lycidocoris mimeticus ♀ AMNH_PBI 5043; E, Physophoropterella bondroiti ♂ AMNH_PBI 19110; G, Odoniellia reuteri ♂ AMNH_PBI 19090; H, Volkelius carvalhoi ♀ PT AMNH_PBI 19630; I, Yangambia vesiculata ♀ AMNH_PBI 19084; J, Ragwelellus suspectus ♂ AMNH_PBI 19629. Head, dorsal view. F, Sahlbergella tai ♀ AMNH_PBI 5106. Head, anterior view. K, Parachamus bellus ♀ AMNH_ PBI 5837. Head, lateral view. L, Poppiusia leroyi ♀ AMNH_PBI 5838. Frons, dorsal view. M, Poppiusia leroyi ♀ AMNH_PBI 5838.

Figure 11. SEM images. Scutellum, dorsal view. A, Chamus tuberculatus ♂ AMNH_PBI 5025; B, Volkeliopsis mindanao ♀ PT AMNH_PBI 45979; C, Boxia khayae ♂ AMNH_PBI 5065; D, Bryocoropsis soror ♂ AMNH_PBI 5115; E, Odoniella reuteri ♂ AMNH_PBI 19090; F, Pseudodoniella typical ♂ AMNH_PBI 45978; G, Sahlbergella tai ♀ AMNH_PBI 5106; H, Pseudodoniella pacifica ♂ AMNH_PBI 46080; I, Yangambia vesiculata ♀ AMNH_PBI 19084; J, Sahlbergella singularus ♂ AMNH_PBI 19053; K, Physophoropterella bondroiti ♂ AMNH_PBI 19110. Small tubercules on pronotum. L, Chamus tuberculatus ♂ AMNH_PBI 5025.

Figure 12. Scanning electron micrographs. Scutellum, lateral view. A, Bryocoropsis soror ♂ AMNH_PBI 5115; B, Sahlbergella singularis ♂ AMNH_PBI 19053; C, Physophoroptera mirabilis ♀ AMNH_PBI 20202; D, Physophoropterella bondroiti ♂ AMNH_PBI 19112; E, Afropeltis lalandei ♂ AMNH_PBI 5272; F, Helopeltis pellucida sex unknown AMNH_PBI 19628.

Figure 13. Scanning electron micrographs. Metepimeron. A, Helopletis pellucida sex unknown AMNH_PBI 19628; B, Afropeltis hyalospilosus ♂ AMNH_PBI 5137; C, Poppiusia leroyi ♀ AMNH_PBI 5838; D, Pachypeltis reuteri ♂ AMNH_PBI 45980; E, Odoniella reuteri ♂ AMNH_PBI 19194. Setae on hemelytron. F, Boxia khayae ♂ AMNH_PBI 5065. Fore- and middle femora. G, Physophoropterella bondroiti ♂ AMNH_PBI 19110. Hind femur. H, Helopeltis pellucida sex unknown AMNH_PBI 19628. Hind tarsus. I, Physophoropterella bondroiti ♂ AMNH_PBI 19110. Claw, lateral view. J, Chamus sp. sex unknown, not databased; K, Pachypeltis brevirostris sp. nov. sex unknown, not databased; L, Helopeltis bradyi sex unknown, not databased.

Figure 15. Male genitalia. Dorsal view. Bryocoropsis laticollis var. infuscata. AMNH_PBI 18942. A, aedeagus; B, right paramere; C, left paramere. AMNH_PBI 5108. D, genital capsule. Bryocoropsis soror AMNH_PBI 19072. E, aedeagus; F, right paramere; G, left paramere; H, genital capsule. Eupachypeltis flavicornis LT AMNH_PBI 19128. I, aedeagus; J, right paramere; K, left paramere; L, genital capsule. Helopeltis clavifer AMNH_PBI 34191. M, aedeagus; N, right parameres; O, left paramere; P, genital capsule. Dimia inexpectata PT AMNH_PBI 271336. R, aedeagus; S, right paramere; T, left paramere; U, genital capsule. Lycidocoris mimericus AMNH_PBI 5066. V, aedeagus; W, right paramere; X, left paramere; Y, genital capsule. Lycidocoris thoracicus no USI. Z, aedeagus; AA, right paramere; AB, left paramere; AC, genital capsule. Lateral view. Helopeltis clavifer AMNH_PBI 34191. Q, genital capsule. The smaller scale is for genital capsule, the larger scale is for aedeagi and parameres.

Figure 17. Male genitalia, dorsal view. Physophoroptera mirabilis AMNH_PBI 5070. A, aedeagus; B, right paramere; C, left paramere; D, genital capsule. Physophoropterella bondroiti no USI. E, aedeagus; AMNH_PBI 5072. F, right paramere; G, left paramere; H, genital capsule. Poppiusia leroyi AMNH_PBI 19314. I, aedeagus; J, right paramere; K, left paramere; L, genital capsule. Pseudodoniella typica no USI. M, aedeagus; N, right paramere; O, left paramere; P, genital capsule. Ragwelellus suspectus no USI. Y, aedeagus; Z, right paramere; AA, left paramere; AB, genital capsule. Ragwelellus vittatus no USI. U, aedeagus; V, right paramere; W, left paramere; X, genital capsule. Volkeliopsis arecae AMNH_PBI 19427. I, phallobase; J, endosoma and theca; K, right paramere; L, left paramere; M, genital capsule. Villiersicoris sessensis AMNH_PBI 19458. Q, aedeagus; R, right paramere; S, left paramere; T, genital capsule. The smaller scale is for genital capsule, the larger scale is for aedeagi and parameres. Yangambia macarangae AMNH_PBI 5006. AG, aedeagus. no USI. AH, right paramere; AI, left paramere; AJ, genital capsule. The smaller scale is for genital capsule, the larger scale is for aedeagi and parameres.

Figure 18. Female genitalia, bursa copulatrix. Afropeltis lalandei AMNH_PBI 5261. A, dorsal labiate plate; B, posteri- or wall. Arculanus marshalli AMNH_PBI 19290. C, dorsal labiate; D, posterior wall. Arthriticus eugeniae no USI. E, dorsal labiate plate; F, posterior wall. Bryocoropsis laticollis var. infuscate AMNH_PBI 29096. G, dorsal labiate plate; H, posterior wall. Bryocoropsis soror AMNH_PBI 5144. I, dorsal labiate plate; J, posterior wall. Chamus bellus AMNH_PBI 19290. K, dorsal labiate plate. Chamus conradti AMNH_PBI 19046. L, dorsal labiate plate; M, posterior wall. Chamus overlaeti AMNH_PBI 19073. N, dorsal labiate plate; O, posterior wall. Dimia inexpectata AMNH_PBI 271341. P, dorsal labiate plate; Q, posterior wall. Distantiella theobromae. R, dorsal labiate plate; S, posterior wall.

Figure 23. Distribution maps of Bryocoropsis, Dimia, Distantiella, Lycidocoris, Pachypeltis, Parapachypeltis, Platyngomiris, Rayieria, Schuhirandella, Villiersicoris and Volkeliopsis.