Phytocoris, Fallen, 1814

Zamani, Mozhgan & Hosseini, Reza, 2019, Two new species of the genus Phytocoris (Hemiptera: Miridae), with a revised identification key to species of the subgenus Compsocerocoris found in Iran, Zootaxa 4648 (1), pp. 130-140 : 138-139

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.1.6

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Phytocoris
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Key of the Iranian species of Phytocoris View in CoL View at ENA subgenus Compsocerocoris (based on male), modified from Linnavuori (1999), Hosseini & Mohammadi (2019)

1 Spiculum dentate..................................................................................... 2

- Spiculum variable (boat, trough, serrate knife and scoop shape)................................................ 10

2 Small species, length about 4.5–5.7 mm. Body robust, 3.0–3.6× posterior width of pronotum......................... 3

- Larger and more elongate species (> 5.7 mm), body 3.5–4× posterior width of pronotum............................. 7

3 2 nd antennal segment brownish, medially and proximally with a whitish to stramineous ring.......................... 4

- 2 nd antennal segment pale yellow–brown, proximally with a whitish to stramineous ring.............................. 5

4 Length 4.5–5mm. Ocular index 1.6–1.64. 2 nd antennal segment 1.7–1.8× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Left paramere gracile, only the very apex of apophysis triangularly expanded ( Fig. 5X View FIGURE 5 ). Spiculum ( Fig. 5Y View FIGURE 5 ) with 12 teeth...................................................................................... Ph. arakhne Linnavuori, 1999 View in CoL

- Length 5.75 mm. Ocular index 1.12–1.22. 2 nd antennal segment 2.1× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Apical margin of mesocorium and inner margin of cuneus reddish. Left paramere T–shaped with broad prominent sensory lobe ( Fig. 5R View FIGURE 5 ). Spiculum ( Fig. 5Q View FIGURE 5 ) with 5 teeth................................................. Ph. minabanus Linnavuori, 1999 View in CoL

5 Eyes small, ocular index 1.93–2.14. Frons strongly convex. Left paramere in lateral view longer, apophysis with a broader apex ( Fig. 5P View FIGURE 5 ). Spiculum ( Fig. 5O View FIGURE 5 ) with 9 teeth.......................................... Ph. mirzanus Linnavuori, 2006 View in CoL

- Eyes large, ocular index 1.4 –1.54......................................................................... 6

6 Body 3× longer than posterior width of pronotum, 2 nd antennal segment 2.41–2.45× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Left paramere in lateral view shorter with apex of apophysis narrower ( Fig. 5K View FIGURE 5 ). Spiculum ( Fig. 5J View FIGURE 5 ) trough–shaped with 13 teeth....................................................................... Ph. amygdali Linnavuori, 1999 View in CoL

- Body 3.45× longer than posterior width of pronotum. 2 nd antennal segment 2.65× head width across the eyes (in dorsal view). Spiculum ( Fig. 5S View FIGURE 5 ) with 25 teeth.................................... Ph. darakiensis Hosseini & Mohammadi, 2019 7 Pygophore tuberculate................................................................................. 8

- Pygophore not tuberculate.............................................................................. 9

8 Length 6.25 mm. Apophysis of left paramere with a distinct dentate ridge ( Fig. 5G View FIGURE 5 ). Right style narrow, edentate ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ). Ocular index 1.5. Spiculum ( Fig. 5H View FIGURE 5 ) with 19 teeth................................. Ph. dentistylus Linnavuori, 1999 View in CoL

- Length 6–6.5 mm. Apophysis of left paramere long and slender, with a small dentate sensory lobe ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ). Right paramere dentate ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ). Ocular index 1.25–1.35. Spiculum ( Fig.5D View FIGURE 5 ) with 15 teeth................... Ph. stysi Linnavuori, 2008 View in CoL

9 Length 6.5 mm, ocular index 0.94–1.3, body 3.5× longer than posterior width of pronotum. Spiculum ( Fig. 5U View FIGURE 5 ) strongly twisted, apical part with 12, basal part with 6 teeth................................... Ph. strigilifer Linnavuori, 1965 View in CoL

- Length 5.5–6.75 mm, ocular index 1.2–1.45, body 4× longer than posterior width of pronotum, spiculum ( Fig. 5V View FIGURE 5 ) with 16 teeth..................................................................... Ph. sahragardi Linnavuori, 2006 View in CoL

10 Pygophore with a horn-like process ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ), endosoma with narrowly boat-shaped spiculum and marginally coarsely dentate lobe ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 )............................................................... Ph. monoceros Linnavuori, 1999 View in CoL

- Pygophore with a short tubercle on the left side ( Fig. 5C View FIGURE 5 ), endosoma not as above................................. 11

11 Body large (7.75–8 mm), ocular index 1.02–1.2, spiculum trough shaped ( Fig. 5W View FIGURE 5 )....... Ph. hoberlandti Linnavuori, 1999 View in CoL

- Body small (5.2–5.75mm), ocular index 1.44–1.51, spiculum scoop-shaped, with several longitudinal chitinized bands ( Fig. 5T View FIGURE 5 ).......................................................................... Ph. paghmanus Reuter, 1903 View in CoL

12 Ocular index> 1.3................................................................................... 13

- Ocular index ≤ 1.3................................................................................... 14

13 Body darker, width/length of pronotum ratio 1.7–1.75, spiculum boat-shaped ( Fig. 5I View FIGURE 5 )............ Ph. falcatus Reuter, 1903 View in CoL

- Body paler, width/length of pronotum ratio 1.9–2.2, spiculum serrate-knife shape, with 21 teeth ( Fig. 5L View FIGURE 5 )............................................................................................ Ph. bavanus Linnavuori, 2009 View in CoL

14 Left paramere T-shaped............................................................................... 15

- Left paramere not T-shaped............................................................................ 17

15 Spiculum serrate-knife shape, with 11 teeth ( Fig. 5M View FIGURE 5 )................................... Ph. thisbe Linnavuori, 1999 View in CoL

- Spiculum boat-shaped................................................................................ 16

16 Length 6.7–7.2 mm, 1 st antennal segment distinctly longer than head width across the eyes, sensory lobe of left paramere edentate, apophysis broader and almost straight ( Fig. 5N View FIGURE 5 )...................................... Ph. moestus Reuter, 1903 View in CoL

- Length 5–5.5 mm, 1 st antennal as long as head width across the eyes, sensory lobe of left paramere dentate, apophysis hookshaped ( Figs 1B, D View FIGURE 1 ; 3 View FIGURE 3 A–F)................................................... Phytocoris hyrcaniaensis sp. nov.

17 Body larger (7.5 mm), ocular index 1.28, 1 st antennal segment 1.54 times as long as head width across the eyes............................................................................. Ph. dashtanus Linnavuori & Hosseini, 1998 View in CoL

- Body smaller (6.1–7 mm), ocular index 0.82–0.93, 1 st antennal segment 1.1–1.2 times as long as head width across the eyes ( Figs 1A, C View FIGURE 1 ; 2 View FIGURE 2 A–F).............................................................. Phytocoris amardus sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

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