Melaleucacoris glomeratae, Schwartz & Weirauch & Schuh, 2018

Schwartz, Michael D., Weirauch, Christiane & Schuh, Randall T., 2018, New Genera And Species Of Myrtaceae-Feeding Phylinae From Australia, And The Description Of A New Species Of Restiophylus (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) Michael D. Schwartz Christiane Weirauch, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2018 (424), pp. 1-161 : 80

Melaleucacoris glomeratae , new species

Figure 18A , map 5, plates 5, 30, table 1

DIAGNOSIS: Currently known only from the type species and therefore recognized by the characters in the generic diagnosis.

DESCRIPTION: MALE (fig. 18A, pls. 5, 30A–G): As in generic description. Mean total length 2.43, mean pronotum width 0.87.

FEMALE (pls. 5, 30H–M): As in generic description. Mean total length 2.62, mean pronotum width 0.91.

ETYMOLOGY: Named for its occurrence on Melaleuca glomerata .

HOST: Recorded from Melaleuca glomerata ( Myrtaceae : Melaleuceae ) (pl. 39B).

DISTRIBUTION (map 5): Known only from the type locality in Palm Valley, Finke Gorge National Park, in southcentral Northern Territory within the eastern desert phytogeographical subregion.

HOLOTYPE: AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory: Finke Gorge National Park, Palm Valley, 24.03333 ° S 132.7101 ° E, 586 m, 04 Nov 2001, Cassis, Schuh , Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Melaleuca glomerata F. Muell. (Myrtaceae) , det. NSW staff NSW666320, 13 ( AMNH _PBI 00097843) ( MAGNT).

PARATYPES: AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory: Finke Gorge National Park, Palm Valley, 24.03333 ° S 132.7101 ° E, 586 m, 04 Nov 2001, Cassis, Schuh , Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, Melaleuca glomerata F. Muell. (Myrtaceae) , det. NSW staff NSW 666320, 23 (00097798, 00097810), 14♀ (00097152, 00097811, 00097817, 00097818, 00097820–00097822, 00097824–00097826, 00097828, 00097831, 00097939, 00414872) ( AM), 303 (00097151, 00097799–00097801, 00097804– 00097809, 00097934, 00097935, 00097834– 00097838, 00097848, 00097913–00097919, 00414874–00414876, 00414878, 00130018), 32♀ (00097812–00097816, 00097819, 00097823, 00097830, 00097936–00097938, 00097854, 00097857, 00097868, 00097920–00097922, 00097924–00097933, 00414869–00414871, 00414879, 00097923) ( AMNH), 13 (00097802), 1♀ (00097827) ( ANIC), 13 (00097803), 1♀ (00097829) ( CNC), 73 (00097839–00097842, 00097845, 00097846, 00097849), 18♀ (00097850– 00097853, 00097855, 00097858–00097865, 00097869, 00097870, 00097872–00097874) ( MAGNT), 13 (00097844), 1♀ (00097856) ( UCR), 13 (00097847), 1♀ (00097866) ( UNSW), 13 (00414873), 1♀ (00097867) ( USNM), 13 (00414877), 1♀ (00097871) ( ZISP).

Figures

FIG. 18. Pretarsus. Scanning electron micrographs. A. Melaleucacoris glomeratae, AMNH_PBI 00097804, frontal view. B. Scholtzicoris linnavuorii, AMNH_PBI 00414756, lateral view. C. Teddus katrinae, AMNH_PBI 00110752, frontodorsal view. Abbreviations: pe, parempodium; pul, pulvillus.