Kunungua pallida Linnavuori, 1975

Bolshakova, Darya S. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2024, Revision of the genus Kunungua (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae) with descriptions of three new species and new generic synonymy, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 71 (1), pp. 219-239 : 219-239

Kunungua pallida Linnavuori, 1975

Figs 6 E , 7 H incertae sedis

Kunungua pallida Linnavuori, 1975: 4.

Redescription.

(based on Linnavuori (1975) and images of the holotype). Female. Colouration. Pale, greenish yellow; head ochraceous; antennae, labium, calli, cuneus, and legs pale yellow, tarsal segment III darkened, greyish yellow; collar yellowish; pronotal disk and corium greyish yellow, probably greenish yellow in life; clavus uniformly greyish green.

Surface and vestiture. Dorsum with short, pale and erect simple setae, longest on clavus; pronotum deeply punctate; legs with short simple setae.

Structure. Total length 4 mm, body 2.75 times as long as broad.

Head 0.4 times as broad as pronotum; frons broadly rounded; clypeus slightly swollen; vertex with a medial furrow, 2.12 times as wide as eye; basal one-fourth of antennal segment I distinctly thinner than remainder of segment; antennal segment I related to segment II as 9: 16; eye reaching collar dorsoposteriorly, neck not distinctive; labium reaching mesocoxa.

Thorax. Pronotum 1.17 times as broad as long; pronotal disk strongly convex, posterior margin straight; scutellum triangular, small, about 0.43 times as wide and 0.3 times as long as pronotum.

Legs. Slender.

Hemelytron. Semitransparent; cuneus relatively short, the distance between apex of cuneus and apex of membrane about three-quarters of cuneal length; membranal vein strongly curved distally, forming an acute angle.

Genitalia. Unknown.

Figures

Figure 6. Kunungua species, dorsal view. A. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008425; B. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. pallida; F. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008589; G. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008413; H. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008433.

Figure 7. Kunungua species, lateral view. A. K. ukerewensis (dark form), ZISP _ ENT 00008437; B. K. ukerewensis (light form), ZISP _ ENT 00008430; C. K. atramentomaculata, ZISP _ ENT 00008427; D. K. ornata, ZISP _ ENT 00008428; E. K. gemina, ZISP _ ENT 00008415; F. K. boxi, AMNH _ PBI 00340368; G. K. cinnamomea, ZISP _ ENT 00008426; H. K. pallida.