Tuponia cristifera Drapolyuk, 1982

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 cristifera Drapolyuk, 1982

Tuponia (Chlorotuponia) cristifera Drapolyuk 1982: 161 ; Konstantinov et al. 2013: 219 .

Diagnosis. Recognized by small sized, total length 2.2–2.6 (male), 2.0–2.4 (female); green dorsum with dense, short sericeous setae; corium and cuneus sometimes with pale spots at bases; meta-femur with few indistinct spots at apex, tibial spines black with black bases.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 45–51 in Drapolyuk, 1982): Pygophore with two fingerlike projections at base; endosoma distinctly constricted subapically, with two small apical blades, one of them surrounded with membrane bearing five denticles; phallotheca finely attenuate apically, with narrow lateral crest.

Host plants. Tamarix sp. ( Tamaricaceae ) ( Drapolyuk, 1982)

Distribution. China (Xinjiang), Mongolia ( Drapolyuk, 1982; Konstantinov et al., 2013).

Remarks. This species was first reported for China from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ( Konstantinov et al., 2013). We could not examine specimens of this species, and the diagnosis is based on original description.

Figures

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.

FIGURES 49 – 61. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 49 – 52. T. hippophaes: 49. Endosoma; 50. Left paramere; 51. Right paramere; 52. Phallotheca. 53 – 57. T. mongolica: 53 – 54. Endosoma; 55. Left paramere; 56. Right paramere; 57. Phallotheca. 58 – 61. T. paraseladonicus: 58. Endosoma; 59. Left paramere; 60. Right paramere; 61. Phallotheca.