Glaucopterum gobicum Kerzhner, 1984

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2014, The genus Glaucopterum Wagner (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae) from China, with description of two new species, Zoological Systematics 39 (3), pp. 388-394 : 390-391

3.1 Glaucopterum gobicum Kerzhner, 1984 ( Figs 1–6 )

Glaucopterum gobicum Kerzhner, 1984: 53 ; Zhao, 1996; Schuh, 1995: 320.

Specimens examined. 9♂, 16♀, Gantang (37°29'N, 104°31'E), Ningxia, China, 27 June 1993, leg. Rui-Jun Zhao and Guo-Qing Liu.

Body medium, oval, dorsum yellowish green without spot; vestiture with pale simple setae; head declining, clypeus not visible from above; vertex flat in lateral view, posterior margin straight; interocular distance longer than width of eye; eyes almost occupying entire height of head in lateral view; antennae inserted above ventral margin of eyes, antennal segments III and IV slender than segment II, total length longer than segment II; labium pale, infuscate apically, reaching to posterior margin of mesocoxa; pronotum slightly forward, surface smooth, yellow, lateral and posterior margins nearly straight, callus weakly convex; legs brown yellow, femora with unclear spots; tibial spines light brown without dark spots at bases; ventral of body greenish yellow with golden yellow hairs.

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Male genitalia ( Figs 3–6 ). Vesica L-shaped with a rather long attenuated apical spine; left paramere with long setae on dorsal surface; right paramere decurved apically; phallotheca not strongly angled.

Host plant. Nitraria sphaerocarpa, Maxim. (Zygophyllaceae) (Kerzhner, 1984).

Distribution. China (Ningxia); Mongolia.

Figures

Figs 1–6. Glaucopterum gobicum Kerzhner. 1–2. Habitus, dorsal view. 1. Male. 2. Female. 3–6. Male genitalia. 3. Vesica. 4. Left paramere. 5. Right paramere. 6. Phallotheca. Scale bar: 3–6 = 0.2mm.