Platycranus

Knyshov, Alexander & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2013, A taxonomic revision of the genus Platycranus Fieber, 1870 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae), Zootaxa 3637 (3), pp. 201-253 : 210-211

Key to species of Platycranus

1. Labium not reaching or slightly surpassing fore coxa (subgenus Platycranus )...................................... 2

- Labium surpassing or at least reaching middle coxa (subgenus Genistocapsus )..................................... 5

2. Head strongly flattened, dark brown to black ( Figs. 34–36 ); genital capsule without field of spinules ventroapically ( Fig. 74 ); right paramere without extension at base (Figs. 104–109). Northern Mediterranean, from Spain to Syria and Israel... P. erberi

- Head uniformly pale ( Figs. 37–45 ); genital capsule with field of spinules ventroapically ( Figs. 70–71 , 75–79 ); right paramere with extension at base (Figs. 110–121)..................................................................... 3

3. Body length 5.8–7.0 mm; second antennal segment 2.1–2.4 mm. Sicilia................................... P. hartigi

- Body length 4.8–5.6 mm; second antennal segment 1.4–1.9 mm ................................................. 4

4. Head 1.6 × as wide as length of first antennal segment in male, 1.4 × in female. Canary Islands............... P. lindbergi

- Head 1.8–2.4 × as wide as length of first antennal segment in male, 1.7–2.2 × in female. South Mediterranean, from Morocco to Israel and Jordan............................................................................. P. pu ton i

5. Head, pronotum (sometimes except lateral margins), scutellum, and inner margin of hemelytron in both sexes or at least in male brown to black, membrane dark brown ( Figs. 13, 16–19, 24–25 , 26, 30 , 46, 48, 51–52, 57 )....................... 6

- Dorsum uniformly pale greenish yellow in both sexes or at least hemelytron pale ( Figs. 12, 14–15, 20–23 , 27–29, 30–31 , 47, 49, 53–56 ).......................................................................................... 11

6. First and second antennal segments pale ( Fig. 13 )........................................................... 7

- At least first antennal segment brown to black ( Figs. 16–19, 24–25 , 26, 30 , 46, 48, 51–52, 57 )....................... 8

7. First antennal segment 0.25–0.3 mm; female always uniformly pale. Western Europe.................... P. bicolor (part)

- First antennal segment 0.4–0.5 mm; both sexes with clear dark pattern on dorsum. Spain....................... P. jordii

8. Both first and second antennal segments dark brown ( Figs. 26, 30 , 48 ). Northwestern Mediterranean...................................................................................................... P. metriorrhynchus (part)

- First antennal segment dark brown to black, second segment contrastingly yellow ( Figs. 16–19, 24–25 , 46, 51–52, 57 )..... 9

9. First antennal segment thick, with long, intensively black stiff setae ( Fig. 46 ). Cyprus........................ P. genistae

- First antennal segment of normal width, with brown or black simple setae and silvery scale-like setae ( Figs. 51–52, 57 )... 10

10. Body length 2.8–3.5. Greece..................................................................... P. wagneri

- Body length 3.7–4.4. Islands of Tyrrhenian Sea, Tunisia................................................. P. pictus

11. Head 1.5–2.2 × as wide as length of first antennal segment in male, 1.9–2.4 × in female............................ 12

- Head 2.4–3.3 × as wide as length of first antennal segment in male, 2.6–3.7 × in female............................. 13

12. Head 1.5 × as wide as length of first antennal segment. Greece........................................... P. a l k e s ti s

- Head 1.9–2.4 × as wide as length of first antennal segment. Northwestern Mediterranean...................................................................................................... P. metriorrhynchus (part), P. c o n c i i

13. Simple setae on head and pronotum black; pulvillus relatively short, not reaching midpoint of claw ( Fig. 196 ). Western Europe. P. bic olor (part)

- Simple setae on head and pronotum silvery to pale brown; pulvillus relatively long and reaching midpoint of claw ( Figs. 199– 200 ). South Europe, Turkey...................................................................... P. remanei

Figures

FIGURES 34 – 45. Dorsal view of head and pronotum of Platycranus species: 34 – 36, P. e r b e r i: 34 – 35 — males, 36 — female; 37 – 38, P. hartigi: 37 — male, 38 — female; 39 – 40, P. lindbergi, males; 41 – 45, P. p u t o n i: 41 — male (Morocco), 42 – 43 — males (Libya), 44 — female (Morocco), 45 — female (Libya).

FIGURES 74 – 79. Male genital segment in dorsal and caudal views: 74 — P. e r b e r i; 75 — P. h a r t i g i; 76 — P. lindbergi; 77 – 79 — P. putoni, 77 — Libya, 78 — Israel, 79 — Algeria.

FIGURES 60 – 73. Scanning electron micrographs of selected characters: 60 – 61 — Platycranus erberi, head and pronotum; 62 – 63 — P. e rb e r i, scent gland evaporatory area; 64 – 65 — P. metriorrhynchus, scent gland evaporatory area; 66 – 69, pretarsus: 66 – 67 — P. m e tr i o r rhy c nh us, 68 – 69 — P. e r b e r i; 70 – 71 — P. p u t o n i, genital capsule; 72 — P. metriorrhynchus, vestiture on the first antennal segment; 73 — P. e r b e r i, vestiture on hemelytron.

FIGURES 12 – 25. Dorsal habitus of Platycranus species: 12, P. alkestis, male; 13 – 15, P. b i c o l o r: 13 – 14 — males, 15 — female; 16 – 17, P. genistae: 16 — male, 17 — female; 18 – 19, P. pictus: 18 — male, 19 — female; 20 – 23, P. re m a n e i: 20 — male (Slovenia), 21 — male (France), 22 — female (Slovenia), 23 — female (Spain); 24 – 25, P. w a g n e r i: 24 — male, 25 — female.

FIGURES 26 – 33. Dorsal habitus of Platycranus metriorrhycnhus: 26 – 29 — males, 26 – 27 — Spain, 28 — France, 29 — Bulgaria, 30 – 33 — females, 30 – 31 — Spain, 32 — France, 33 — Bulgaria.

FIGURES 46 – 57. Dorsal view of head and pronotum of Genistocapsus species: 46, P. genistae, female; 47 – 50, P. metriorrhynchus: 47 — male (France), 48 — male (France), 49 — female (France), 50 — female (France); 51 – 52, P. p i c t u s: 51 — male, 52 — female; 53 – 56, P. remanei: 53 — male (France), 54 — male (Spain), 55 — female (France), 56 — female (Spain); 57, P. wagneri, male.

FIGURES 188 – 202. Female genital structures: 188 – 189, vestibular sclerites encircling vulva: 188 — P. e r b e r i; 189 — P. metriorrhynchus; 190 – 193, apices of ovipositor: 190 – 191 — P. e r b e r i; 192 – 193 — P. metriorrhycnhus (190, 192 — second gonapophyses; 191, 193 — first gonapophyses); 194 – 202, claws: 194 — P. p u t o n i; 195 — P. h a r t i g i; 196 — P. b i c o l o r; 197 – 198 — P. metriorrhynchus; 199 – 200 — P. re m a ne i; 201 — P. genistae; 202 — P. p i c t u s.