Tuponia elegans ( Jakovlev, 1867 )

Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2016, The genus Tuponia Reuter, 1875 of China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Exaeretini) with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 4114 (2), pp. 101-122 : 110

Tuponia elegans ( Jakovlev, 1867)

( Figs. 7–8 , 41–44 )

Psallus elegans Jakovlev, 1867: 158 .

Tuponia elegans: Wagner, 1955a: 260 ; Zheng and Li, 1992: 9; Linnavuori, 2010: 404 .

Diagnosis. Recognized by small sized, total length 2.58–2.82 (male), 2.77–3.12 (female); general coloration whitish yellow, sometimes with rose tinge; dorsum smooth, shiny, and with sericeous setae; length of antennal segment II almost equal to width of pronotum; labium yellow with black apex, reaching meta-coxa; hemelytron nearly parallel-sided, not deflexed at cuneal suture, with scarlet transverse stripe along apex of corium, cuneus pale yellow, dark distally, apex of corium and base of cuneus with dark brown setae, membrane fumose; legs yellow, tibial spines black without dark bases; abdomen light yellow or orange color with golden pubescence. Scarlet transverse stripe on the hemelytron and antennae similar to T. jaxartensis and T. mongolica , distinguished from them by the structure of phallotheca.

Male genitalia ( Figs.41–44 ): Endosoma weakly twisted medially, roughly S-shaped, terminating with two straight and unequal length apical spines, both surrounded with membrane, secondary gonopore situated subapically, between the apical blades, without developed gonopore sclerite; right paramere lanceolate; left paramere typically boat-shaped; phallotheca with distinct lamellate lateral keel and small subapical tooth.

Host plants. Tamarix ramosissima ( Benedek and Jaszai, 1968) , Tamarix tetrandra ( Benedek and Jaszai, 1968) , and Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Josifov, 1974; Linnavouri, 2010).

Distribution. China (Nei Mongol, Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang), Russia ( Jakovlev, 1867; Popov, 1965), Iran ( Linnavuori, 2010), Hungary ( Benedek and Jaszai, 1968), Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russian Far East ( Drapolyuk, 1980; Kerzhner and Josifov, 1999).

Specimens examined. CHINA: Nei Monggol Autonomous Region: 7 males, 16 females, Ejinaqi (41°41'N, 100°05'E), 22-24.VII.1984, Guo-Qing LIU. Gansu Province: 3 males, 3 females, Jiuquan (39°44'N, 98°30'E), alt. 1400m, 12.VIII.1986, Hong-Yang LI; 10 males, 36 females, Linze County (39°20'N, 100°10'E), 22. VI.1993, Guo- Qing LIU and Rui-Jun ZHAO. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region: 1 male, 1 female, Yinchuan (38°29'N, 106°11'E), 27.VII.1987, Le-Yi ZHENG. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region: 7 males, 12 females, Kashi (39°28'N, 75°56'E), 17.VIII.2002, Yun-Ling KE and Wei-Bing ZHU.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Adult habitus views of Tuponia spp. 1. T. albescens (male); 2. T. albescens (female); 3. T. arcufera (male); 4. T. arcufera (female); 5. T. chinensis (male); 6. T. chinensis (female); 7. T. elegans (male); 8. T. elegans (female); 9. T. gracilipedis sp. nov. (male, holotype); 10. T. gracilipedis sp. nov. (female, paratype); 11. T. hippophaes (male); 12. T. hippophaes (female). Scale bar = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 37 – 48. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 37 – 40. T. chinensis: 37. Endosoma; 38. Left paramere; 39. Right paramere; 40. Phallotheca. 41 – 44. T. elegans: 41. Endosoma; 42. Left paramere; 43. Right paramere; 44. Phallotheca. 45 – 48. T. gracilipedis sp. nov: 45. Endosoma; 46. Left paramere; 47. Right paramere; 48. Phallotheca.