Leucodellus amygdali ( Linnavuori, 1965 )

Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2012, Leucodellus Reuter, 1906 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylini): key to species, revised species composition and diagnosis, Zootaxa 3157, pp. 18-30 : 21

Leucodellus amygdali ( Linnavuori, 1965)

Figures 5 , 7 , 13

Plagiognathus (Chlorillus) amygdali Linnavuori 1965: 59 . Chlorillus amygdali: Wagner 1975: 12 .

Heterochlorillus amygdali : Kerzhner 1997: 247. Leucodellus amygdali: Li & Liu 2007: 39 .

Material examined. Paratypes: TURKEY: Bolu: Nr Bolu, 40.74 ° N 31.611 ° E, 11 Aug 1963, R. Linnavuori, 23 ( AMNH _PBI 0 0 237147, AMNH _PBI 00237148) ( ZISP).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the middle size, 3.5–4.0, large eyes in males with vertex 0.9–1.1 times as wide as eye, diffuse and indistinctly bordered smoky pale brown spots on hemelytron ( Fig. 5 ), venter of hind femora with a series of dark spots along fore margin ( Fig. 7 ), darkened base of hind tibia and tibial spines, relatively small and weakly sclerotized vesica, membranous lobe around secondary gonopore well developed, projected backwards, covered with numerous denticles arranged in several irregular rows, small blade of vesica gradually tapering, attenuated laterally, twisted at base and almost straight apically, large blade thin, gradually tapering and nearly round in cross section ( Fig. 13 ). Most similar to and apparently not separable by the structure of male genitalia from L. zagdani . Differs from that species in the color pattern (see key and Figs. 2, 5 ).

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Bolu in NW Turkey.

Host. Collected from almond tree, Amygdalus sp. ( Rosaceae ) ( Linnavuori 1965).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Habitus images, males. 1 — Leucodellus albidus; 2 – 3 — Leucodellus zagdani: 2 — dorsal view, 3 — lateral view; 4 — Compsidolon nathaliae; 5 — Leucodellus amygdali.

FIGURES 6 – 11. Color pattern on ventral side of hind femur in males of Leucodellus spp. 6 — L. albidus; 7 — L. amygdali; 8 — L. pallescens; 9 — L. variegatus; 10 — L. xizangensis; 11 — L. zagdani.

FIGURES 12 – 17. Vesicae of Leucodellus spp. 12 — L. albidus; 13 — L. amygdali; 14 — L. zagdani; 15 — L. pallescens; 16 — L. variegatus; 17 — L. xizangensis.