Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2021, Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 745, pp. 1-69 : 11

Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909

Figs 2C , 5L–M , 15 , 27A–B

Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909: 441 .

Harpedona sanguinipes – Distant 1911b: 229 (descr.). — Stonedahl 1988: 28 (redescr., figs 16, 24).

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: dorsum impunctate, brown to dark brown, pronotum and scutellum darker than hemelytron; antennal segments, all femora and bases of tibiae with a distinct reddish tinge, remaining parts of legs yellow ( Fig. 2C ); head width across eyes 0.78, vertex width 0.46; frons without median sulcus in both sexes; labium surpassing hind coxa; genital capsule with a long, narrow, medially projecting process of right wall, prominent projection of left wall, and large, dorsally directed process of ventral wall ( Fig. 15A–B ); left paramere strongly twisted at middle, apical process with subapical prong and rounded apex ( Fig. 15C–D ); right paramere leaf-like ( Fig. 15E–F ); phallotheca entirely membranous, simple ( Fig. 15G–H ).

Material examined

Lectotype

INDIA • ♂; Darjeeling, Pussumbing ; 4700 ft a.s.l.; Oct.–Dec. 1906; H.H. Mann leg.; [handwritten label:] ” Harpedona marginata Dist. , type “; NHM.

Other material

INDIA • 3 ♂♂; Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi ; 25°41ˊ N, 91°55ˊ E; 1031 m.a.s.l; 18 Oct 2019; D.M. Firake leg.; Ex: Colocasia esculenta ; UASB .

Host

Many specimens sampled in Meghalaya were found breeding on Colocasia sp. ( Araceae ) ( Fig. 27A–B ).

Distribution

Northeastern India , West Bengal and Meghalaya states.

Figures

Fig. 2. Habitus of Ernestinus, Harpedona and Lopidolon spp. A. Ernestinus mimicus Distant, 1911, ♂, UASB. B. Ernestinus ramkeshariae Yasunaga & Ishikawa, 2016, ♂, UASB. C. Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1904, ♂, UASB. D. Harpedona vittlaensis sp. nov, ♀, UASB. E–F. Lopidolon dandeliensis sp. nov., UASB. E. ♂. F. ♀.

Fig. 5. Dorsal view and label data of type specimens. A–C. Dioclerus bengalicus Stonedahl, 1988, ♀, holotype, BPBM.D–E. Dioclerus lutheri Stonedahl, 1988, ♂, holotype, AMNH_PBI 00338430, FMNH. F–G. Dioclerus praefectus Distant,1910, lectotype, AMNH_PBI 00340384, NHM. H–I. Ernestinus mimicus Distant,1911, ♂, syntype, AMNH_PBI 00085668, BMNH(E) 1633157, NHM. J–K. Harpedona marginata Distant, 1904, ♂, holotype, NHM. L–M. Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909, ♂, lectotype, NHM.

Fig. 15. Male genitalia of Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1904, UASB. A–B. Genital capsule in dorsal and ventral views. C–D. Left paramere in lateral view. E–F. Right paramere in dorsal view. G–H. Aedeagus in lateral view.

Fig. 27. Habitats and living specimens. A–B. Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909 on Colocasia esculenta. A. Nymphs.B. Mating adults.C. Prodromus clypeatusDistant, 1904 on banana.D. Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov. on Colocasia sp. E. Lopidolon dandeliensis sp. nov. on Diplocentrum recurvum. All specimens at UASB.