Campylomma salaciella, Yasunaga, Tomohide & Duwal, Ram Keshari, 2015

Yasunaga, Tomohide & Duwal, Ram Keshari, 2015, Further records and descriptions of the plant bug subfamily Phylinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Thailand, Zootaxa 3981 (2), pp. 193-219 : 210

Campylomma salaciella n. sp.

( Figs. 6 , 8 , 10−12 )

Diagnosis. Recognized by its yellowish olive green basic coloration ( Fig. 6 C −D); comparatively small size; rather short labium that is reaching but not exceeding apex of mesocoxa ( Fig. 8 ); reduced, small, dark spots of ventral metafemur; bifurcate, spinulate apical part of endosoma ( Figs. 10−11 ); and rather small, narrow-rimmed sclerotized rings ( Fig. 12 ), in addition to being strictly associated with a seablite, Sueada malitima growing only along coast ( Fig. 6 A).

Description. Body generally yellowish olive green, elongate oval, rather small; dorsal surface shining, with uniformly distributed, simple, pale brown, semierect setae. Head somewhat narrow. Antenna pale brown; apical spot of segment I and basal ring of II often reduced in female. Labium pale brown, short, reaching but not exceeding apex of mesocoxa; apical 2/3 of segment IV dark reddish brown. Anterior half of pronotum viridescent when alive. Hemelytra widely tinged with yellow; membrane pale smoky brown, with yellow veins. Leg yellowish brown; ventral dark spots of each femur very small or reduced. Male genitalia ( Figs. 10−11 ): Endosoma sigmoid, with bifurcate, minutely spinulate apical blades. Female genitalia ( Fig. 12 ): Bursa copulatrix rather narrow; sclerotized rings narrow-rimmed, somewhat triangular, weakly thickened posteriad.

Measurements (♂/♀): Total body length 2.2−2.5/ 2.2−2.3; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 1.43−1.56/ 1.48−1.52; width of head across eyes 0.58−0.62/ 0.54−0.59; width of vertex 0.24−0.26/ 0.28−0.30; lengths of antennal segments I-IV 0.12−0.14, 0.60−0.62, 0.36−0.38, 0.22−0.24/ 0.12−0.14, 0.55−0.56, 0.37−0.38, 0.23−0.24; mesal length of pronotum 0.34−0.36/ 0.32−0.36; basal width of pronotum 0.74−0.77/ 0.75−0.80; maximum width across hemelytron 0.96−1.02/ 0.96−0.99; and lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 0.76−0.84, 1.12−1.24, 0.35−0.37/ 0.76−0.83, 1.10−1.13, 0.33−0.36.

Etymology. From Latin, Salacia, a wife of Neptune (= a God of the sea), referring to the occurrence of this new species along northern coast of the Gulf of Siam.

Biology. This new species appears to be strictly associated with an annual seablite, Sueada malitima (L.) Dumort ( Chenopodiaceae ), growing along coastal areas of the Gulf of Siam ( Fig. 6 A), and was always found together with an undescribed species of the genus Melanotrichus (Orthotylinae) . Multivoltine life cycle is assumed for C. salaciella as adults and/or immatures are present almost throughout a year. The final instar nymph has greenish dorsum partly speckled with yellow ( Fig. 6 F).

Holotype ♂, THAILAND: Samut Prakan: Bang Pu, 13˚31'07”N, 100˚38'57”E, 8 Oct 2013, T. Yasunaga ( AMNH _PBI 00379960) ( DOA).

Paratypes: Bangkok: 3♂ 8♀, Bang Khun Thian, Choen Tha Phae, 13˚33'02”N, 100˚25'20”E, 21 Dec 2011, T. Yasunaga (00379977−00379983) ( TYCN). Chon Buri: 9♂ 4♀, Bang Saen, 13˚18'11.5”N, 100˚55'08.8”E, 27−28 Mar 2010, T. Yasunaga (00389984−00389994) ( TYCN). Samut Prakan: 2♂ 5♀, same data as for holotype (00379961−00379964) ( TYCN); 5♂ 21♀, same data, except for date 19 Sep 2013 (00379965−00379974, 00380125−00380129) ( AMNH, DOA, TYCN), 6♂ 5♀, 21 Dec 2011 (00379975−00379976), 9♂ 8♀, 26 Mar 2014 & 3♂ 3♀, 1 Nov 2014, ( TYCN). All specimens were collected from Sueada malitima growing along coasts.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Habitat (A) and habitus images of living individuals (B − F) of Campylomma salaciella. A. Sueada malitima community near Bang Saen beach (Chon Buri). B − E. Adults (Samut Prakan). C. Final instar nymph (Samut Prakan).

FIGURE 8. Ventral habitus images of Thai phylines.

FIGURE 10. Male genitalia of four new Campylomma species from Thailand.

FIGURE 11. Photographic images of male genitalia for seven Campylomma species.

FIGURE 12. Photographic images of female genitalia for Thai phylines.