Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (De Geer)

Jung, Sunghoon, Duwal, Ram Keshari, Yasunaga, Tomohide, Heiss, Ernst & Lee, Seunghwan, 2010, A taxonomic review of the Genus Dryophilocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini) in the Fareast Asia with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 2692, pp. 51-60 : 60

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus (De Geer)

( Figs. 25–26 )

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus De Geer 1773: 295 ; See Schuh, 1995; Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999.

Diagnosis. Distinguished by the four yellowish spots on the corium, the blackish pronotum and scutellum, and the reddish-brown coloration on each tibia.

Description. Female: Genitalia ( Figs. 25–26 ) with well developed K-structure, pointed basal part, relatively large; inner line of K-structure almost smooth; sclerotized rings relatively small but distinctly oval with smaller basal part.

Distribution. Entire Europe (see Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999 for the detailed distributional data).

Material examined.[SNU] 33, 3Ƥ, Rupife bei Petritsch, 22.iv.1983, leg. M. Josifov, Bulgaria, Det. M.Josifov, 19__, as Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus .

Remarks. This species is a typical European species, which was presumably collected from East Siberia in Russia. Josifov and Kerzhner (1999) pointed out those specimens could be mislabeled or introduced. We examined this species to compare the female genitalia with those of congeners.

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 26. Female genitalia. 21 – 22, Dryophilocoris pallidulus; 23 – 24, D. saigusai; 25 – 26, D. flavoquadrimaculatus; 21, 23, 25, K-structure; 22, 24, 26, anterior wall with sclerotized rings; Scale: 0.2 mm.