Taxon classification Animalia Hemiptera Miridae

Xenocylapidius gressitti Gorczyca Figures 6, 13, 48

Xenocylapidius gressitti Gorczyca 1999: 16, 19, Fig. 3 (sp. n.), 2006: 70 (catalog).

Diagnosis.

Recognized by the following set of characters: dorsum with a mottled, dark brownish yellow coloration (Fig. 6); pronotal collar indistinct; femora entirely blackish, except for pale yellow annulation at basal one third of mesofemur.

Most similar to Xenocylapidius acutipennis, Xenocylapidius bioculatus, Xenocylapidius gemellus, and Xenocylapidius tamasi in sharing mottled dorsal coloration (Figs 1, 4, 5-6, 8). Xenocylapidius gressitti can, however, be distinguished by the coloration of femora.

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

New Caledonia (North Province) (Fig. 48).

Type material.

Holotype ♀: New Caledonia, Col des Roussettes, 450-550 m, 4-6. II.63; J. L. Gressitt Collector (BPBM).