Graziaphylus nigripes, Schuh & Salas, 2021

Schuh, Randall T. & Salas, Ruth, 2021, Graziaphylus, a new genus and two new species of Eremophila-feeding (Scrophulariceae) Phylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Australia, Zootaxa 4958 (1), pp. 319-326 : 323

Graziaphylus nigripes , new species

( Figs 3, 4 , 18 , Table 1 )

Holotype. Male. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 46.5 km W of Yalgoo, 28.41302 ° S 116.2151 ° E, 600 m, 27 Oct 1996, Schuh and Cassis, Eremophila forrestii F. Muell. subsp. forrestii (Scrophulariaceae) , det. PERTH staff PERTH 05120705, 1♂ ( AMNH _PBI 00087344) ( WAMP).

Paratypes: AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 46.5 km W of Yalgoo , 28.41302 ° S 116.2151 ° E, 600 m, 27 Oct 1996, Schuh and Cassis, Eremophila forrestii F. Muell. subsp. forrestii (Scrophulariaceae) , det. PERTH staff PERTH 05120705, 4♀ (00087345, 00415326–00415328), 1♂ (00415322) ( AM) ; 4♀ (00415324, 00415325, 00415332, 00415333), 1♂ (00415323) ( AMNH) ; 3♀ (00415329–00415331) ( WAMP) .

Etymology: Named for the dark-colored legs. From the Latin, niger, black, and pes, foot.

Diagnosis: Recognized by the attributes given in the generic diagnosis, the overall length of the male (2.91), the legs castaneous/black except for the tibiae and tarsi, and the dorsum and thoracic pleuron with numerous shining, silvery, scalelike setae ( Figs. 3, 4 ).

Description: Male: Body conformation as in generic description; total length 2.74–3.18, width across pronotum 1.16–1.21. COLORATION ( Fig. 3 ): As in generic description; legs almost entirely black/castaneous, except tibiae and tarsi. SURFACE AND VESTITURE ( Fig. 3 ): As in generic description, with recumbent, dark, simple setae intermixed with relatively numerous shining, silvery, scalelike setae on dorsum ( Fig. 3 ); dorsal margin of meso- and metapleuron broadly with numerous silvery, shining, scalelike setae; abdominal venter with numerous recumbent shining setae. STRUCTURE: As in generic description. GENITALIA ( Fig. 18 ): Apical endosomal spine with one lateral barb; otherwise as in generic description.

Female: As in generic description; total length 2.94–3.24, width pronotum 1.16–1.33. COLORATION ( Fig. 4 ): As in male. SURFACE AND VESTITURE ( Fig. 4 ): As in male. STRUCTURE ( Fig. 4 ): Similar to male, but more broadly ovoid.

Distribution: Known from the Northern Goldfields region, Western Australia.

Host: Eremophila forrestii F. Muell. subsp. forrestii (Scrophulariaceae) .

Figures

FIGURES 1–4. Habitus images of Graziaphylus spp. 1. G. joceliae, male holotype (AMNH_PBI 00415222). 2. G. joceliae, female (AMNH_PBI 00415318). 3. G. nigripes, male holotype (AMNH_PBI 00087344). 4. G. nigripes, female (AMNH_PBI 00415325).

FIGURES 12–18. Male and female genitalia of Graziaphylus spp (AMNH_PBI 00415251, AMNH_PBI 00415254, AMNH_ PBI 00415323). 12. Phallotheca, G. joceliae. 13. Lateral view of endosoma, G. joceliae. 14. Lateral view of right paramere, G. joceliae. 15. Lateral view of left paramere, G. joceliae. 16. Dorsal view of female bursa copulatrix and gonapophyses 8, G. joceliae. 17. Lateral view of female posterior wall and gonapophyses 9 and conocoxae 9, G. joceliae. 18. Lateral view of endosoma, G. nigripes.