Peltidocylapus politus (Poppius)

Wolski, Andrzej, 2021, Revised classification of the New World Cylapini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae): taxonomic review of the genera Cylapinus, Cylapoides and Peltidocylapus and a morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of tribe Cylapini, Zootaxa 5074 (1), pp. 1-66 : 51

Peltidocylapus politus (Poppius)

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Cylapus politus Poppius, 1909: 12 , 43 (sp. nov.).

Cylapus politus: Bergroth 1920: 71 (list).

Cylapus (Cylapus) politus: Carvalho 1957: 30 (catalog).

Peltidocylapus politus: Carvalho & Fontes 1968: 276 (list); Schuh 1995: 32 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog); Gorczyca 2006a: 18 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the scutellum contrastingly yellow, smooth, impunctate; posterior lobe of pronotum flat; hemelytron dark castaneous with embolium, exocorium, and cuneus contrastingly yellow ( Fig. 5e ).

Redescription. Female. COLORATION. Dorsum dark yellowish brown. Head. Vertex dark yellow; frons dark brown; remainder of head yellow; antennal segment I dark red; labium dark yellow, segment IV fuscous.

Thorax. Pronotum. Calli dark castaneous; posterior lobe dark yellow tinged with castaneous. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Mesoscutum reddish; scutellum yellow. Thoracic pleura. Dark castaneous with dark yellow areas; scent gland evaporative areas yellow. Hemelytron. Dark castaneous yellow; embolium, exocorium, and cuneus yellow; endocorium and clavus castaneous; membrane dark grey. Legs. Coxae yellow; midleg dark yellow. Abdomen. Dark castaneous, tinged with yellow and brown. STRUCTURE, TEXTURE, AND VESTITURE. Thorax. Pronotum. Posterior lobe flat. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Covered with relatively long, erect setae; scutellum impunctate, flat. Hemelytron. Covered with relatively long, erect, and semi-recumbent setae.

Male. Unknown.

Measurements. Body. Length: 6.0, width 2.1. Head. Length: 0.70, width: 1.25, interocular distance 0.5. Antenna. Missing. Labium. Length of segment I: 0.70, II: 0.70, III: 0.7, IV: 0.40. Pronotum. Length: 0.85, width of anterior margin: 0.85, length of lateral margin: 0.9, width of posterior margin: 1.75.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil (Santa Catarina).

Type material. Holotype ♀: S. Catarina Lüderwaldt. ( ZMPA).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dorsal habitus photographs. a. Peltidocylapus nubilus (lectotype); b. Peltidocylapus pallidus (holotype); c. Peltidocylapus parallelus (holotype); d. Peltidocylapus picatus (holotype); e. Peltidocylapus politus (holotype).