Punctifulvius, Schmitz, 1978

Yasunaga, Tomohide, Wolski, Andrzej & Taszakowski, Artur, 2023, First record of the plant bug genus Punctifulvius Schmitz from the Oriental Region, with descriptions of three new species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), Zootaxa 5382 (1), pp. 152-169 : 156

Key to species of Punctifulvius

1. Small insect, body length less than 2.5 mm ( Indonesia)............................................ P. parvus n. sp.

- Body length more than 2.5 mm .......................................................................... 2

2. Hemelytron uniformly fuscous ( Fig. 1A ; Namyatova & Cassis 2019: fig. 4); head distinctly punctate ( Fig. 9G )........... 3

- Hemelytron with cuneus widely pale brown or orange red; head rugose, at most with sparse, shallow punctures on vertex and frons ( Figs 1B, C )..................................................................................... 5

3. Pronotal calli flattened, posterior lobe of pronotum without longitudinal ridge ( Fig 9G ; Namyatova & Cassis 2019: fig. 10B). ................................................................................................... 4

- Pronotal calli convex, posterior lobe of pronotum with longitudinal ridge ( Namyatova & Cassis 2019: fig. 10C) ( Australia)......................................................................... P. aquilonius Namyatova & Cassis

4. Pronotum covered with fine, moderately dense setae ( Figs 9G ) (East Palearctic)................... P. kerzhneri Schmitz

- Pronotum glabrous ( Namyatova & Cassis 2019: figs 10B, E) ( Australia)................ P. austellus Namyatova & Cassis

5. Corium and exocorium (embolium) uniformly darkened ( Fig. 1C ) (inhabiting tropical dry forest zone of central Thailand)......................................................................................... P. sakaerat n. sp.

- Anterior half of corium and exocorium with yellow pale brown tinge ( Fig. 1B ) ( Malaysia)............ P. aleksanderi n. sp.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus images of Punctifulvius kerzhneri, male from Hokkaido, Japan (A), P. aleksanderi n. sp., holotype female (B) and P. sakaerat n. sp., holotype male (C, D).

FIGURE 9. Scanning electron micrographs for Punctifulvius sakaerat n. sp. (A−F) and P. kerzhneri (G–L), male specimens. A, G. Head and pronotum. B, H. Scutellum and clavus. C, I. Posterior forewing. D, J. Metathoracic scent efferent system. E, K. Pygophore, dorsal view. F, L. Parameres.