Xenocylapidius gressitti Gorczyca

Wolski, Andrzej & Gorczyca, Jacek, 2014, Revision of the plant bug genus Xenocylapidius (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), with descriptions of five new species from Australia and New Caledonia, ZooKeys 459, pp. 73-94 : 82-83

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scientific name	Xenocylapidius gressitti Gorczyca
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Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Xenocylapidius gressitti Gorczyca View in CoL Figures 6, 13, 48

Xenocylapidius gressitti Gorczyca 1999: 16, 19, Fig. 3 (sp. n.), 2006: 70 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

Recognized by the following set of characters: dorsum with a mottled, dark brownish yellow coloration (Fig. 6); pronotal collar indistinct; femora entirely blackish, except for pale yellow annulation at basal one third of mesofemur.

Most similar to Xenocylapidius acutipennis , Xenocylapidius bioculatus , Xenocylapidius gemellus , and Xenocylapidius tamasi in sharing mottled dorsal coloration (Figs 1, 4, 5-6, 8). Xenocylapidius gressitti can, however, be distinguished by the coloration of femora.

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

New Caledonia (North Province) (Fig. 48).

Type material.

Holotype ♀: New Caledonia, Col des Roussettes, 450-550 m, 4-6. II.63; J. L. Gressitt Collector (BPBM).