Tuponia prasina ( Fieber, 1864 )

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 : 115

Tuponia prasina ( Fieber, 1864)

Agalliastes prasinus Fieber, 1864: 228 .

Tuponia prasina: Wagner, 1955a: 264 ; Drapolyuk, 1982: 165; Linnavuori, 2010: 402 ; Konstantinov and Vinokurov, 2011: 40 .

Diagnosis. Recognized by the small sized, body length 1.8–2.0; head yellowish; pronotum greenish ochraceous, scutellum green with yellow base, lateral margin and inner apical angle of clavus whitish, cuneus green, lateral margin broadly whitish; dorsum covered with sericeous setae; labium extending past meta-coxa; tibial spines with black bases.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 60–66 in Drapolyuk, 1982): Endosoma relatively thin, band-like, apex truncate and simple, without membrane, secondary gonopore invisible.

Host plants. Tamarix sp. ( Josifov, 1974; Linnavuori, 2010; Wagner, 1975).

Distribution. China (Xinjiang) ( Konstantinov and Vinokurov, 2011), Russia ( Fieber, 1864), Transsylvania ( Reuter, 1878), Rumania ( Reuter, 1894; Linnavuori, 1961), Mongolia ( Drapolyuk, 1982), Iran ( Linnavuori, 2010).

Remarks. This species was first reported for China from Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region ( Konstantinov and Vinokurov, 2011). We could not examine specimens of this species, and the diagnosis based on original description.

Figures

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.

FIGURES 62 – 73. Male genitalia of Tuponia spp. 62 – 65. T. roseipennis: 62. Endosoma; 63. Left paramere; 64. Right paramere; 65. Phallotheca. 66 – 69. T. virentis sp. nov.: 66. Endosoma; 67. Left paramere; 68. Right paramere; 69. Phallotheca. 70 – 73. T. zhenyuanensis sp. nov.: 70. Endosoma; 71. Left paramere; 72. Right paramere; 73. Phallotheca.