Cylapoides Carvalho

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 : 61

Cylapoides Carvalho

Cylapoides Carvalho 1952a: 269 (new genus). Type species: Cylapoides bicolor Carvalho, 1952 (original designation). Cylapoides: Carvalho 1955: 21 (key to genera), 1957: 28 (catalog); Schuh 1995: 22 (catalog); Carvalho & Froeschner 1987: 128 (list); Gorczyca 2000: 48 (list), 2006a: 14 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following set of features: dorsum impunctate ( Figs 3c, d , 11e ); head broad, ca 3.6–5.0 x as wide as long; eyes not pedunculate, covering anterior magin of pronotum ( Figs 3c,d , 11e ); clypeal base weakly removed from ventral margin of eyes ( Fig. 8b ); antennal insertion weakly removed from suture between maxillary and mandibular plates ( Fig. 8b ); antenna relatively short, total length shorter than body length ( Fig. 3c, d ); pronotum short, ca 5 x as wide as long ( Figs 3c, d , 11e ); endosoma composed of inflated, sclerotized lobes ( Fig. 12g ); left paramere apical process with outgrowth basally ( Fig. 12h ; Carvalho 1952: figs 7, 9); right paramere sickle-shaped ( Fig. 12i ; Carvalho 1952: figs 7, 8).

Redescription. Male. COLORATION ( Figs 3c, d ). Body dark brown with yellow and silvery areas. SURFACE AND VESTITURE. Dorsum impunctate ( Fig. 11e ). Head. Covered with long, dense setae; antenna covered with short, semi-recumbent setae; setae on segment III and IV denser than those on segment II. Thorax. Pronotum, mesoscutum, scutellum and hemelytron. Covered with long, irregularly distributed, semi-recumbent setae. Thoracic pleura. Impunctate; covered with sparse, short setae. Abdomen. Covered with dense, reclining setae. STRUCTURE ( Figs 3c, d , 8b , 11e ). Macropterous, elongate-oval. Head. Broad, ca 3.6 –5.0 x as wide as long; eyes not pedunculate, covering anterior margin of pronotum; vertex strongly carinate posteriorly; clypeal base weakly removed from ventral margin of eye; antennal insertion weakly removed from suture between maxillary and mandibular plates antenna relatively short, shorter than body length antenna long as long as body length; antennal segment I short, ca 0.3–0.4 x as long as interocular distance; antennal segment I and II weakly broadened toward apex, segment I slightly ticker than segment II; segments III and IV thinner than segment II, filiform; labium relatively thick, apex reaching II abdominal segment, its segments not subdivided. Thorax. Pronotum. Collar thin, delimited by shallow depression; calli flattened, separated by shallow depression; lateral margin rounded; pronotum short, ca 5 x as wide as long. Mesoscutum and scutellum. Weakly convex. Thoracic pleura. Scent gland evaporative areas moderately developed; peritreme weakly raised above evaporative areas, oval. Hemelytron. Embolium narrow; cuneus longer than wide. Legs. Short; tarsus with tarsomere I about two times shorter than tarsomere II and III combined; pretarsal claw toothed subapically. Genitalia. Endosoma composed of inflated, sclerotized lobes ( Fig. 12g ). Left paramere with apical process with outgrowth basally ( Fig. 12h ; Carvalho 1952: figs 7, 9). Right paramere sickle-shaped ( Fig. 12i ; Carvalho 1952: figs 7, 8).

Female. Like male in coloration, structure, texture, and vestiture. For female genitalia see description of C.unicolor .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Dorsal habitus photographs. a. Cylapinus minusculus (♂, Ecuador); b. Cylapinus yasunagai (holotype); c. Cylapoides bicolor (holotype); d. Cylapoides unicolor (♂, Ecuador).

FIGURE 8. Head and pronotum, anterior (a–j, l, m) and lateral (k) views. a. Cylapinus yasunagai (paratype); b. Cylapoides unicolor (♀); c. Cylapus ruficeps Bergroth (♂); d. Cylapus tenuicornis (♂); e. Peltidocylapus calyciformis (paratype); f. Peltidocylapus caudatus (paratype); g. Peltidocylapus rugosus (holotype); h. Peltidocylapus simplex (paratype); i. Cylapomorpha sp. (♂); j, k. Vanniusoides clypeatus (paratype); l. Fulvius pallens (♂); m. Rhinocylapus vittatus (♀).

FIGURE 11. Scanning electron micrographs. a, e, g, m. Dorsal habitus; b, n. Lateral habitus; h, l. Scutellum; c, f, i. Thoracic pleura; d, j, o. Tarsus. k. Pretarsal claw. a–d. Cylapinus minusculus; e, f. Cylapoides unicolor; g–j. Peltidocylapus caudatus; k. Peltidocylapus calyciformis; l. Peltidocylapus ecuadorensis; m–o. Peltidocylapus scutellaris.

FIGURE 12. Male genitalia. a, d, g, j, p. Endosoma (dorsal view); b, e, h, m, s. Left paramere (right lateral view). c, f, i, o, u. Right paramere (left lateral view); n, t. Left paramere (dorsal view). k, q. Transparent portion of distal sclerotized portion of ductus seminis inside endosoma; l, r. Endosoma (ventral view). a–c. Cylapinus minusculus; d–f. Cylapinus yasunagai; g–i. Cylapoides unicolor; j–o. Peltidocylapus calyciformis; p–u. Peltidocylapus caudatus. ap = apical process; bp = basal process; dss = distal part of ductus seminis inside endosoma; pb = paramere body; sl = sensory lobe. Scale bars 0.2 mm.