Macrolophus costalis Fieber, 1858

Konstantinov, Fedor V. & Neimorovets, Vladimir V., 2021, Bryocorinae Baerensprung, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of European Russia and the Caucasus: synopsis and key to species, Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 301-338 : 322

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Macrolophus costalis Fieber, 1858 View in CoL

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Macrolophus costalis Fieber, 1858: 342 View in CoL .

Material examined. ABKHAZIA: Sukhum, 1♀ 17 X 1927, G. Zimin. Pitsunda, 5♀ 1♂ 3 IX 1932, Belizin. ARMENIA: Byurakan, 2♀ 4♂ 24 IV 1948, Richter. Yerevan, 4♀ 1♂ 6 V 1932, Korinek , 1♂ 22 IV 1938, ffi 201- 938, unknown collector. Tavush Prov., Dilijan , 1♀ 16 VIII 1927, Diakonov. AZERBAIJAN: Adzhikend , Ganja, 1♀, V. Jakovlev coll. CRIMEA: Alushta, 1♀ 26 VII 1911, A.M. Diakonov.

Diagnosis. Body relatively small, 3.0–3.4; vertex of male 1.4–1.8 X as wide as eye, female 2.1–2.4 X; antennal segment I dark brown to brown; dark brown longitudinal stripe behind eye broad, about one third of eye height, with almost parallel margins; apex of scutellum narrowly darkened.

Distribution. Northern Mediterranean species, also known from Crimea and Southern Caucasus, including Abkhazia (Pitsunda, Sukhumi, Tsebelda) and Armenia (Yerevan, Byurakan) ( Kiritshenko 1918, 1939; Putshkov 1978).

Host. Putshkov (1978) reported M. costalis from a variety of host plants including Mentha , Salvia , Stachys spp. ( Lamiaceae ), Echinops , Pulicaria spp. ( Asteraceae ), Cistus sp. ( Cistaceae ), and Nicotiana sp. ( Solanaceae ). Macrolophus costalis is shown to be an effective predator of the aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) on tobacco in Greece ( Margaritopoulos et al. 2003; Athanassiou et al. 2005).

Discussion. Josifov (1992) treated Macrolophus rubi as a junior synonym of Macrolophus costalis . Although this action was not followed by many subsequent authors (e.g., Kment et al. 2003; Gossner & Schuster 2005; Hradil et al. 2008; Aukema & Hermes 2009), an accurate morphological identification of these species remains challenging due to significant variation in body size and proportions.

References

Athanassiou, C. G., Kavallieratos, N. G., Tomanovic, Z., Tomanovic, S. & Milutinovic, M. (2005) Development of a sampling plan for Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) and its predator Macrolophus costalis (Hemiptera: Miridae) on tobacco. European Journal of Entomology, 102 (3), 399 - 405. https: // doi. org / 10.14411 / eje. 2005.057

Aukema, B. & Hermes, D. (2009). Nieuwe en interessante nederlandse wantsen III (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen, 31, 53 - 87.

Fieber, F. X. (1858) Criterien zur generischen Theilung der Phytocoriden (Capsini auct.). Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift, 2, 289 - 327 + 329 - 347 + 388, 1 pl.

Gossner, M. & Schuster, G. (2005) Erstnachweis von Macrolophus rubi Woodroffe, 1957, fur Bayern mit Angaben zu bisherigen Fundorten in Mitteleuropa und Hinweisen zur Okologie der Art (Heteroptera, Miridae, Bryocorinae, Dicyphini). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen, 54 (1 / 2), 13 - 20.

Hradil K., Kment, P., Bryja, J., Rohacova, M., Banar, P. & Durcova, K. (2008) New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia IV. Klapalekiana, 44, 165 - 206.

Josifov, M. (1992) Zur Taxonomie der palaarktischen Macrolophus - Arten (Insecta, Heteroptera: Miridae). Reichenbachia, 29, 1 - 4.

Kiritshenko, A. N. (1918) True bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of the Caucasian region, Part, 1. Zapiski Kavkazskogo Muzeya, Series A, 6, 1 - 177. [in Russian]

Kiritshenko, A. N. (1939) True bugs (Hemiptera) of Abkhazia. Materialy k faune Abkhazii, 1939, 123 - 164. [in Russian]

Kment, P., Bryja, J., Jindra, Z., Hradil, K. & Banar, P. (2003) New and interesting records of true bugs (Heteroptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia II. Klapalekiana, 39, 257 - 306.

Margaritopoulos, J. T., Tsitsipis, J. A. & Perdikis, D. C. (2003) Biological characteristics of the mirids Macrolophus costalis and Macrolophus pygmaeus preying on the tobacco form of Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 93 (01), 39 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1079 / BER 2002207

Putshkov, V. G. (1978) Species of the genus Macrolophus Fieber, 1858 (Heteroptera, Miridae) of the Soviet Union fauna. Doklady Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoi SSR, Series B, 1978 (9), 854 - 857. [in Russian]

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FIGURE 6. Dorsal habitus images and head in lateral view of Macrolophus and Nesidiocoris spp. Macrolophus costalis Fieber, 1858, Macrolophus epilobii Putshkov, l978, Macrolophus glaucescens Fieber, 1858, Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur, 1839, Macrolophus rubi Woodroffe, 1957, and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter, 1895).

FIGURE 9. Images of parameres. Bryocoris pteridis (Fallén, 1807), Monalocoris filicis (Linnaeus, 1758) Macrolophus costalis Fieber, 1858, Macrolophus epilobii Putshkov, l978, Macrolophus pygmaeus Rambur, 1839, Macrolophus rubi Woodroffe, 1957, and Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter, 1895).