Hyalopeplus similis Poppius, 1912

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Chérot, F., 2018, The Indian Hyalopeplini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review, Zootaxa 4378 (3), pp. 301-322 : 311

Hyalopeplus similis Poppius, 1912

( Figs. 21–33 , 34–39 )

Hyalopeplus similis Poppius, 1912: 8 (as new species). Hyalopeplus similis: Pathak 1969: 38 , 39 (citation from India in PhD, under the junior synonyms H. horvathi and H. krishna ); Carvalho & Gross 1979: 508 – 511, 512, 513, 514, 515 (redescription, male genitalia, lectotype designation, synonymies); Schuh 1995: 680 (catalogue); Zheng et al. 2005: 50 (redescription, in fauna); Schuh 2002 – 2013 (online catalogue); Chérot et al. 2017: 86 –87, plate 11, Fig. 5 (presence in Papua New Guinea, DV, discussion of type locality).

Diagnosis. Middle-sized Hyalopeplus (total length 7.1–9.0 mm, maximal width across hemelytra 1.9–2.3 mm). Globally “yellow to citrine with castaneous and reddish areas” ( Carvalho & Gross, 1979) and glassy hemelytra. Pronotal collar transversally striate, with five longitudinal reddish stripes. Pronotal callosities wide, slightly punctate. Pronotal disk widely and deeply punctate, rugose. Humeral angles almost rounded, not produced. Chromatic pattern very variable. Habitus in dorsal view Figs. 21, 25 and 30 . Male genital structures Figs. 22–24, 26–29 and 31–33 . Measurements of Indian specimen table 1.

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: 1♂, 4♀: Hessarghatta, Ex: Mangifera (Anacardiaceae) , 24.vi.2013, Yeshwanth H. M., leg.; 1♂, 1♀: Sirisi, 25.vi.2010, Murthy S. leg; 1♀: Chickmagalur, 6.vi.2007, Nagaraju D. K. leg; 1♀: Belghaum, Castle rock, 26.x.2011, Yeshwanth H.M. leg; 1♀: Mudigere, 6.iv.1980, Viraktamath C. A. leg; 1♂: Dharwad, 28.v.2008, Swamy C. M. K. leg.; 3♂, 4♀: Bangalore, GKVK, Ex: Peltophorum pterocarpum (Fabaceae) , 17.vii.2017,Yeshwanth H. M., leg TAMIL NADU: 2♀: Coimbatore, 13.vi.2015, Yeshwanth H. M. leg.; 1♂, 1♀: Thandigudi, 10.xi.2010, Reddy A. N. leg. SIKKIM: 2♂, 2♀: Gangtok, 12.xi.2013, Shashank leg. TELANGANA: 2♀: Nizamabad, Rudrur, 13.ix.2012, Yeshwanth H. M. leg. (UASB).

Distribution. Widely distributed species, known from Africa ( Congo, Ivoiry Coast, Saõ Tomé, Tanzania) to Pacific Islands (Thaïti) by way of India (Bihar, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana), Japan, south-east Asia and Australia ( Carvalho & Gross 1979; Cassis & Gross 1995; Schuh 1995, 2002–2013), redescribed from Bihar under the junior synonym H. krishna Ballard, 1927 .

Figures

FIGURES 21–33. Hyalopeplus similis Poppius, 1912. Variability of habitus in dorsal view and male genital structures of three Indian specimens. 21–24. Specimen from Coimbatore. 21. Habitus in dorsal view. 22. Endophallus. 23. Left paramere. 24. Right paramere.25–29.Specimenfrom Dharwad.25.Habitus indorsal view.26–27.Endophallus.28.Left paramere.29.Right paramere.30–33.Specimen from Gangtok.30.Habitus indorsal view.31.Endophallus.32.Left paramere.33.Right paramere.

FIGURES 34–39. Hyalopeplus similis Poppius,1912 alive from Bangalore, GKVK, Ex:Peltophorum pterocarpum.

FIGURES 5–8. Hyalopeplinus malayensis Carvalho in Carvalho & Gross, 1979. 5. Habitus in dorsal view. 6. Endophallus. 7. Left paramere.8. Right paramere (specimen from Bengalor cited in the text).