Tuponia (Tuponia) kurdestanica, Linnavuori, 2010

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 : 404-405

Tuponia (Tuponia) kurdestanica sp. nov.

( Figs. 21C–H , 22A )

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, IRAN: KURDESTAN: near Sanandai, 11.–12.vi.2005. The holotype will be deposited at the National Museums and Galleries of Wales (Cardiff, United Kingdom).

Description. Length 3.75 mm (J).

Colouration. Whitish yellow. Eyes pale greyish brown. Antennae and rostrum pale yellow; apex of rostrum black. Basal part of pronotum and hemelytra with pale greenish tinge. Base of scutellum reddish, apical part yellow. Hemelytra ( Fig. 21C ) with faint reddish subapical transverse band; cuneus pale; membranes smoky brownish, veins pale. Ventral surface of body and legs pale yellow. Hind femora apically infuscate, tibial spines black, last tarsomere apically darkened.

Structure. Body 2.8× as long as broad at base of pronotum. Dorsal pubescence pale, dark only on the transverse reddish band on hemelytra. Head 0.71× as broad as basal width of pronotum; ocular index 1.23. Length ratios of antennomeres 14: 70: 54: [missing], antennomere 1 0.27× as long as diatone, antennomere 2 1.4× as long as diatone and 1.0× as long as basal width of pronotum. Rostrum extending to hind coxae. Pronotum twice as broad as long in middle. Male genitalia as in Figs. 21D–H and 22A ; pygophore truncate apically, provided with a blunt tubercle on left side of base of genital opening as in T. dehshorana .

Differential diagnosis. Member of a group of species with a blunt tubercle on the left side of the genital opening of the pygophore ( LINNAVUORI 1997a: 317–320), easily distinguished by the shape of the vesica.

Habitat. On Tamarix .

Etymology. Named after the type locality.

Distribution. So far known only from the type locality.

Figures

Fig. 21. A–B – Tuponia (Chlorotuponia) brevirostris (Reuter, 1883): A – vesica, B – apex of vesica. C–H – T. (Tuponia) kurdestanica sp. nov. C – hemelytron; D – right paramere; E–F – left paramere; G–H – theca.

Fig. 22. A – Tuponia (Tuponia) kurdestanica sp. nov., vesica. B–G – T. (Chlorotuponia) shadeganica sp. nov. B – claw; C – right paramere; D–E – left paramere in different positions; F – theca; G – vesica.