Plagiognathus, Fieber, 1858
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2022.806.1709 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B23CBF77-7787-4252-BC41-2FF7D99D697D |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6814800 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039887E8-FFB3-FFAD-FF19-FE81A279FBB1 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Plagiognathus |
status |
|
Identification key of Western Palearctic * species of Plagiognathus View in CoL View at ENA with predominantly pale yellow vestiture **
1. Dorsum unicolorous dark brown to black, antennal segments completely black, sometimes third and fourth segments dark brown. Vesica: cf. Schuh (2001: fig. 39). Body length: 3.3–3.6 mm (♂♂), 3.2–3.5 mm (♀♀). West Mediterranean, Balkan peninsula, Turkey.................................... P. reuterellus Schuh, 2001 View in CoL (= P. flavipes Reuter, 1875 View in CoL , preoccupied)
– Dorsum whitish yellow to orange colored, antennal segments either unicolorous yellow or yellow with dark rings in first and second segments .................................................................................... 2
2. Corium with a faint black stripe along outer margin of endocorium, cuneus largely black, first antennal segment yellow with basal ring and pre-apical dots, second antennal segment yellow with very narrow basal ring ( Fig. 2F View Fig ), vesica as in Fig. 3A–C View Fig . Body length: 2.6–2.9 mm (♂♂), 2.6– 3.0 mm (♀♀). Endemic to Turkey................................................................ P. ozgurkocaki sp. nov.
– Hemelytra and antennae unicolorous, body length 3.0– 4.2 mm ...................................................... 3
3. Membrane without a black spot, interocular distance 1.1–1.2 × as long as the eye width ( Fig. 4B View Fig ). Vesica: cf. Linnavuori (2010: figs 10g –h). Body length: 3.8–4.0 mm (♂♂), 3.5–3.8 mm (♀♀). Iran, Turkey.......................................................................................... P. marivanensis Linnavuori, 2010 View in CoL
– Membrane with a black spot, interocular distance 1.5–1.7 × as long as the eye width ( Fig. 4C View Fig ). Vesica cf. Schuh (2001: fig. 39). Body length: 3.1–3.4 mm (♂♂), 3.0– 3.6 mm (♀♀). Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkey................................................................................... P. bipunctatus albicans ( Reuter, 1901) View in CoL
* Western Palearctic Region includes Europe, Northern Africa and South-West Asia, as defined by Vigna Taglianti et al. (1999).
** Some specimens of Plagiognathus bipunctatus albicans can have predominantly black vestiture.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.