Europiellomorpha lividellus ( Kerzhner, 1979 ) Kerzhner, 1979

Duwal, Ram Keshari, Jung, Sunghoon & Lee, Seunghwan, 2014, Review of Europiella Reuter (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Phylini) from Korea, with a description of a new genus, Zootaxa 3795 (3), pp. 383-393 : 392

Europiellomorpha lividellus ( Kerzhner, 1979) , n. comb.

Figures: 1G, 2E–F, 3F, 6A–E

Plagiognathus lividellus: Kerzhner 1979: 51 (desc., figs.); 1988a: 855 (key)

Europiella lividella: Schuh et al., 1995: 391 (n. comb.); Schuh, 1995: 316 (cat.); Kerzhner and Josifov, 1999: 346 (cat.); Yasunaga, 2001: 162 (diag., fig.); Kwon et al., 2001: 172 (cat.).

Plagiognathus lividellus: Schuh, 2004 (re–comb.)

Diagnosis. Generally distinguished by small, and oval body, usually greenish coloration, entirely pale antennal segments and legs; ventrally few large black spots on metafemora, one on anterior and three on posterior margin ( Fig. 3 F); long labium reaching apex of metacoxae; and mesal serrated edge of the endosoma ( Fig. 6 A).

Description. As in generic descriptions.

Measurements. (2♂ / 2♀). Body length 3.08–3.17/ 3.16–3.20; head width across eyes 0.68–0.72/ 0.68–0.72; vertex width 0.32–0.35/ 0.37–0.41; lengths of antennal segments I–IV: 0.25–0.26, 0.93–0.97, 0.62–0.63, 0.47–0.43/ 0.27–0.28, 0.91–0.92, 0.59–0.60, 0.43–0.44; total length of labium 1.15–1.25/ 1.26–1.32; mesal pronotal length 0.46–0.49/ 0.46–0.49; basal pronotal width 1.06–1.04/ 1.02–1.05; width across hemelytron 1.31–1.32/ 1.35–1.37; and lengths of metafemora, tibia and tarsus: 1.02–1.15, 1.70–1.72, 0.48–0.49/ 1.13–1.19, 1.60–1.71, 0.45–0.46.

Specimens examined. South Korea: Gangwon–do: 1♂, Taebaek, Mt. Hambaeksan, 14.ix.1999, on Artemisia princeps, G.S. Lee , det. by T. Yasunaga (NAAS). Gyeonggi–do: 1♀, Yangpyeong–gun, Kangsang–myeon, sewol–ri, 30.vi.2008, R.K. Duwal and S. Jung; 1♂, 1♀, Yangpyeong–gun, Mt. Yongmun, on light trap, 24.vi.2009, same collectors. Gyeongsangnam–do: 2♂, 2♀, Sancheong–gun, Sincheon–myeon, Jungsan–ri, Mt. Jung, 29.vi.2011, R.K. Duwal (SNU); 1♂, 2♀, same data as above, on light trap. Jeollanam–do: 1♀, Danyang–gun, Danyang–eup, 27.vii.2011, on light trap, R.K. Duwal; 1♂, 1♀, Jangseong–gun, Mt. Bangjang, 24.vi.2010, on light trap, R.K. Duwal. Japan: Hokkaido: 1♀ Tomakomai city, 27.Viii.1998, T. Yasunaga. Honshu: 2♀, Komori, Ohtoh vil. Wakayama, 10.vi.1998, T. and M. Yasunaga, det. by T. Yasunaga, 2000; 1♀, Wakayama Pref., Tanabe city, 10.vi.1998, T. Yasunaga.

Distribution. China, Korea, Russia.

Host. Artemisia gigantea Kitamura (Asteraceae) [Kerzhner, 1978].

Remarks. The specimens were collected from the different kinds of asteraceous plant from random sweeping as well as in light traps, so the specific breeding host is unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Images of ventral side of hind legs. A. Europiella artemisiae. B. E. gilva. C. E. kiritshenkoi. D. E. livida. E. E. miyamotoi. F. Europiellomorpha lividellus. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 6. Genital illustrations of Europiellomorpha. A – E. E. lividellus. A. Endosoma. B. Right paramere. C. Left paramere. D. Phallotheca. E. Bursa copulatrix of female genitalia. Scale bar: male: 0.2 mm; female: 0.1 mm.