Pilophorus

Yasunaga, Tomohide, Yamada, Kazutaka & Artchawakom, Taksin, 2014, Additional records and descriptions of the ant-mimetic plant bug genus Pilophorus from Thailand (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Pilophorini), Zootaxa 3795 (1), pp. 1-15 : 3-4

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0274FCF1-9EEF-4782-A5CA-F92113CAF1C8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6131218

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/73608791-FFE2-FFC4-BBC4-F989819EFDCE

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pilophorus
status

 

Key to known Thai species of Pilophorus View in CoL

1. Antennal segment I longer than width of head across eyes ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 E)...................................... portentosus

- Antennal segment I much shorter than width of head across eyes ( Figs. 1–2 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 , 3 View FIGURE 3 A–D)................................. 2

2. Pronotum conspicuously modified, either strongly constricted or horned ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–D)............................... 3

- Pronotum of a conventional shape, not modified ( Figs. 1–2 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 ).................................................. 6

3. Pronotum with a pair of horn-like projections ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A)................................................ barbiger

- Pronotum without such projections....................................................................... 4

4. Basic coloration ocherous brown, partly amber; pronotum with a long, necklike, cylindrical constriction medially ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 B).............................................................................................. giraffoides

- Basic coloration castaneous or coffee brown; pronotum evidently constricted but not forming such an elongate neck....... 5

5. Head wider than high in frontal view; hemelytral clavi with a distinct, golden macula (formed by aggregation of golden, reclin- ing setae) just posterior to scutellum ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 C)....................................................... maculatus

- Head higher than wide in frontal view; claval macula obscured, composed of short, sparse, brownish-golden setae ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 D)................................................................................................ pleiku View in CoL

6. Pronotum highly polished, very shiny ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 D–E, 2A–C).................................................... 7

- Pronotum weakly shining, somewhat mat or shagreened...................................................... 8

7. Body generally dark brown to fuscous; a transverse fascia of scalelike setae across posterior corium scattered; HCR <0.63 ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 D–E)................................................................................... meteorus

- Body generally ochreous brown; a posterior fascia of scalelike setae across corium continuous; HCR> 0.71 ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A–C)................................................................................................ saovapruki

8. Antennal segment I pale, dorsally with two stripes ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 A–B).......................................... swimonae

- Antennal segment I almost concolorous, without any stripe.................................................... 9

9. Corium and clavus always reddish brown mesially ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 D–F)............................................ alstoni View in CoL

- Hemelytra without reddish brown portion................................................................. 10

10. Body subparallel-sided, not much antlike; HCR> 0.81; scutellum lacking distinct patch of silvery setae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 C)................................................................................................... subparallelus

- Body antlike; HCR <0.72; scutellum with patches of silvery setae ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 F).................................. typicus View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

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