Dicyphus montandoni Reuter, 1888

Konstantinov, Fedor V. & Neimorovets, Vladimir V., 2021, Bryocorinae Baerensprung, 1860 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of European Russia and the Caucasus: synopsis and key to species, Zootaxa 4920 (3), pp. 301-338 : 311

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.3.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4527575

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scientific name

Dicyphus montandoni Reuter, 1888
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Dicyphus montandoni Reuter, 1888 View in CoL

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Dicyphus montandoni Reuter, 1888: 62 View in CoL

Material examined. CRIMEA: Tauria [Crimea], 1♀ 13 VI 1902, V. E. Jakovlev coll. Yevpatoria, 1♀ 12 VI 1905, 1♂ 30 V 1906, 2♀ 22 VI 1906, 1♀, 1♂, no date provided, V. E. Jakovlev. Kerch, 5♀ 7♂ 14 VII 1918, Kiritshenko. UKRAINE: Odessa, Khadzhibey Estuary, right bank, 4♀ 3♂ 9 VI 1920, Kiritshenko. Regio Chersonensis [Odessa Prov.], left bank of Kuyalnik Estuary, 3♀ 2♂ 13 VI 1920, Kiritshenko. Limansky distr., Kryzhanovka, 1♀ 6 X 1924, 6♀ 12♂ 8 X 1924, E. Kiritshenko, 1♂ 29 VII 1924, A. Kiritshenko. Luzanovka near Odessa, 1♀ 8 VIII 1920, O.A. Kiritshenko, 12♀ 3♂ 19 IX 1924, E. Kiritshenko. Odessa Prov., Bay-bar of Tylihul Estuary , 1♂ 11 VII 1926, D. Znoyko. Mykolaiv Prov., 18 km northwest to Voznesensk, South Bug , 3♀ 3♂ 12 VII 1922, A. Kiritshenko.

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following combination of characters: total length male 2.4–2.9, female 2.6–3.0; general coloration whitish to pale brown; vertex with two oval pale brown spots at sides of midline; postocular area of vertex with darkened base and wide whitish edging behind eye; antennal segment II dark brown with very narrowly whitish base and apex; pronotal collar uniformly whitish; calli with orange tinge and sometimes with narrow pale brown marking along posterior margin; disc of pronotum behind calli pale brown, irregularly colored; scutellum dark brown, with apically narrowing ivory stripes at sides; tibial spines without spots at bases ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ); spatulate apex of left paramere distinctly curved near midline, with large, posteriorly pointed dorsal crest running on apical two-thirds of apical process ( Fig. 10 View FIGURE 10 ).

This species readily differs from congeners in the generally whitish coloration with reduced dark color pattern of the head and pronotum. Somewhat similar to D. globulifer in the shape of the left paramere but paramere body in D. montandoni is moderately swollen and apical crest is basally rounded.

Distribution. This species was originally described from Romania and subsequently found in several localities in central Turkey ( Hoberlandt 1956; Lodos et al. 2003), Ukraine (northwestern shore of the Black Sea in Odessa Prov.), and northern Crimea ( Kiritshenko 1951). The species is currently unknown from the Caucasus.

Host and habitat. In Ukraine, D. montandoni inhabits Gypsophila sp. ( Caryophyllaceae ) growing on salt dunes along seacoast ( Kiritshenko 1951).

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Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Dicyphus

Loc

Dicyphus montandoni Reuter, 1888

Konstantinov, Fedor V. & Neimorovets, Vladimir V. 2021
2021
Loc

Dicyphus montandoni

Reuter, O. M. 1888: 62
1888
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