Tuponia (Chlorotuponia) kiritshenkoi Drapolyuk, 1982

Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2016, New synonymies in the plant bug family Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Northern China, Zootaxa 4205 (5), pp. 496-500 : 498

Tuponia (Chlorotuponia) kiritshenkoi Drapolyuk, 1982 ( Figures 7–8 )

Tuponia kiritshenkoi Drapolyuk, 1982: 158 .

Tuponia virentis Li & Liu, 2016: 116 . New synonymy.

Tuponia virentis Li & Liu was described from Erenhot, Inner Mongolia Prov. In describing T. virentis, Li & Liu noted that it is similar to T. kiritshenkoi in the coloration of dorsum and vesica shape but differing from that species in the position of the secondary gonopore, entirely sclerotized vesica, and the absence of gonopore sclerite. However, the proof for this statement is unclear. The vesica of T. kiritshenkoi is devoid of membranous areas ( Figs. 7–8 ), while the gonopore sclerite is absent in all Tuponia spp. Tuponia kiritshenkoi is known from Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and several localities in South Mongolia, close to the border with the Inner Mongolian province of China ( Konstantinov & Namyatova 2008). I have compared the original description of T. virentis to material of T. kiritshenkoi from various localities and find these species indistinguishable and conspecific.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 11. Vesica: 1 — Anonychiella brevicornis (Reuter, 1879) (AMNH _ PBI 00337486); 2 — Glaucopterum putshkovi Kerzhner, 1984 (AMNH _ PBI 00159143); 3 – 4 — Psallus amoenus Josifov, 1983 (AMNH _ PBI 00240707); 5 – 6 — Solenoxyphus salsolae Konstantinov, 2008 (AMNH _ PBI 00141377); 7 – 8 — Tuponia kiritshenkoi Drapolyuk, 1982 (AMNH _ PBI 00249728); 9 — Tuponia prasina (Fieber, 1864) (AMNH _ PBI 00337899); 10 – 11 — Tuponia jaxartensis Drapolyuk, 1980 (AMNH _ PBI 00340905).