Oncotylus (Oncotylus) vitticeps Reuter, 1879

Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2010, Studies on the Miridae (Phylinae, addenda to Deraeocorinae and Orthotylinae) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 369-414 : 386-388

Oncotylus (Oncotylus) vitticeps Reuter, 1879

Material examined. WEST AZERBAIJAN: near Agh Bolagh, 1 specimen, 19.vii.2004.

Comments. In hilly steppe with Astragalus and Alhagi . Recorded on Asteraceae . Known from southern Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Central Asia and China.

Paredrocoris ilamicus sp. nov. ( Figs. 8A–G , 26C ) Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, IRAN: ILAM: Ilam, 21.–22.vi.2006. The type will be deposited in the National Museums and Galleries of Wales (Cardiff, United Kingdom).

Description. Length 4.25 mm (J).

Colouration. Bright yellow. Antennae uniformly yellow. Eyes dark grey. Membrane of hemelytra greyish with yellow veins. Legs yellow. Tibiae with black spines.

Structure. Body 3.2× as long as broad at base of pronotum. Dorsal surface with yellow hairs. Head 0.65× as broad as basal width of pronotum. Ocular index 1.53. Length ratios of antennomeres 8: 29: 18: 9, antennomere 2 1.38× as long as diatone and 0.94× as long as basal width of pronotum. Rostrum extending to hind coxae. Pronotum 2.13× as broad as long in middle. Hemelytra longer than abdomen. Male genitalia as in Fig. 8A–G .

Differential diagnosis. The genus Paredrocoris Reuter, 1878 was revised by LINNAVUORI (1997a). Paredrocoris ilamicus sp. nov. is related to the Ponto-Mediterranean P. pectoralis Reuter, 1878 . Paredrocoris ilamicus sp. nov. differs in the somewhat larger size (length of P. pectoralis : 3.3–3.8 mm (J), 3.0– 3.5 mm (♀ )), larger eyes (ocular index in P. pectoralis : 1.9–2.0 (J), 2.0–2.22 (♀ )), longer antennae (antennomere 2 in P. pectoralis 0.7–0.8× as long as basal width of pronotum) and in the structure of male genitalia – right paramere narrower, theca narrow and vesica more robust with the apical process longer and straight (male genitalia of P. pectoralis as in Fig. 9B–F , apical process of vesica shorter and distinctly curved). Paredrocoris seidenstueckeri Josifov, 1965 ( Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia) is smaller with the lengths of 3.4–4.2 mm (J) and 3.5–3.8 mm (♀), larger ocular index of 1.9–2.1 (J) in males (2.3–2.6 in females), and slightly longer antennomere 2 (1.2× (J) to 1.0–1.1× (♀) as long as basal width of pronotum) and the male genitalia have a shorter and straighter vesica ( Fig. 9H–M ).

Habitat. Collected at light on the slopes of the Zagros mountains.

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Distribution. So far known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig. 8. Paredrocoris ilamicus sp. nov. A – right paramere; B–D – left paramere in different aspects; E – theca; F – vesica; G – apex of vesica in slide.

Fig. 26. A – Acrotelus abbaricus sp. nov., male paratype; B – Campylomma khuzestanicum sp. nov., male paratype; C – Paredrocoris ilamicus sp. nov., holotype; D – Megalodactylus grandoculus sp. nov., holotype.

Fig. 9. A–F – Paredrocoris pectoralis Reuter, 1878: A – prosternal xyphus; B – right paramere; C–D – left paramere; E – theca; F – vesica. G–M – P. seidenstueckeri Josifov, 1965: G – prosternal xyphus; H – right paramere; I–J – left paramere; K – theca; L – vesica; M – apex of vesica (after JOSIFOV 1965).