Tricholygus Poppius, 1910

Chérot, F. & Malipatil, M. B., 2016, A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 4126 (2), pp. 151-206 : 187-188

18. Tricholygus Poppius, 1910 genus reinstated

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Tricholygus Poppius, 1910b: 47 –48 (as new genus) [type-species by original designation: Tricholygus hirsutus Poppius, 1910 ]. Tricholygus: Poppius 1912: 114 –115 (redescription). Creontiades: Carvalho 1952:87 (new synonymy), 1959: 74 (catalog); Schuh 1995: 743 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Diagnosis. Body 7–9.5 long, elongate, laterally straight, stramineous, yellow or yellow brown, with red brown stripes. Sulcus of vertex narrow and shallow. Vertex non-carinate. Labium reaching posterior coxae. First antennal segment slightly club-like, elongate and straight. Second antennal segment slightly club-like, with long, erect setae. Pronotum distinctly pilose, particularly on margin and collar. Pronotal disc shallowly but relatively widely punctate, rugulose. Scutellum flat, mesoscutum covered. Hemelytra slightly reflective, rugulose, their punctures shallow but relatively wide, pilosity simple, recumbent. Veins raised. Tibial spines and genitalia unknown.

Included species. T. grandis Poppius, 1912 , T. hirsutus Poppius, 1910 *.

Distribution. Tanzania (Kilimanjaro).

Host plants. No available data.

Figures

FIGURES 68 – 73. Habitus of ACMc members: 68. Tricholygus hirsutus Poppius, 1910 (original combination reinstated), male non-type specimen studied by Poppius from Tanzania (MZHF). 69. Waucoris keyensis (Poppius, 1915), female holotype from Papua New Guinea (MZHF). 70. Waucoris papuanus (Poppius, 1915), female holotype from Papua New Guinea (MZHF). 71. Waucoris poppiusi Chérot & Malipatil (nomen novum and n. comb.), male holotype from Papua New Guinea (MZHF), 72. Waucoris solomonensis n. sp., female paratype from Solomon Islands. 73. Waucoris tricolor n. sp., female holotype from Papua New Guinea (NHM). Scales = 1 mm.