Rayieria, ODHIAMBO, 1962

Namyatova, Anna A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2016, Systematic revision and phylogeny of the plant bug tribe Monaloniini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) of the world, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (1), pp. 36-136 : 122

RAYIERIA ODHIAMBO

Figure 24

Rayieria Odhiambo, 1962: 236 . (subgen. nov.; type species: Eucerocoris basifer Walker, 1873 by original designation). Cassis & Gross, 1995: 144 (cat.); Schuh, 1995: 524 (cat.); Schuh, 2002 –2013 (cat.); Namyatova & Cassis 2013a: 99, 101 (disc); Namyatova & Cassis 2013b: 689 (rev.); Namyatova et al., in press (phylogeny).

Diagnosis: Rayieria belongs to the Monalonion - complex Rayieria and can be distinguished by the following characters: structure of ASI, which is subequal to head and pronotum combined (fig. 6A–C in Namyatova & Cassis, 2013b), frons often swollen (fig. 5A–F in Namyatova & Cassis, 2013b), scutellum without outgrowth, margin of corial fracture straight (fig. 9D in Namyatova & Cassis, 2013b), foretibia subequal to head and pronotum combined, claw curved apically only (fig. 10A, B in Namyatova & Cassis, 2013b).

Description. See Namyatova & Cassis (2013b).

Distribution: Widespread in Australia ( Fig. 24 ), see Namyatova & Cassis (2013b) for details.

Host plants: The species of Rayieria are known from plant species belonging to the families Asparagaceae , Fabaceae , Myrtaceae , Papilionaceae and Proteaceae , and in particular, from numerous species of Acacia and Eucalyptus . See Namyatova & Cassis (2013b) for additional information on host associations.

Figures

Figure 24. Distribution maps of Monalonion, Odoniella, Pararculanus, Physophoroptera, Poppiusia, Ragwelellus, Rhopaliceschatus, Volkelius and Yangambia.