Brachycoleus lineellus (Jakovlev, 1884)

Hosseini, R., 2016, A Review On The Genus Brachycoleus (Hemiptera, Miridae) With Identification Key To The Species Found In Iran, Vestnik Zoologii 50 (2), pp. 105-110 : 106-107

Brachycoleus lineellus (Jakovlev, 1884) (table 1, fig. 1 , A; 2 , A; 3 , A – B, 4 , A)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Guilan Province: Sang Rud — Jirandeh (36°39ʹ59˝ N, 49°42ʹ06˝ E, 1338 m), 31.05.1995 . Zanjan Province: 20–35 km E of Zanjan (36°34ʹ06˝ N, 48°42ʹ16˝ E, 1740 m), 13.07.2004 . Albourz Province: Azad Bar (36°08ʹ38˝ N, 51°15ʹ27˝ E, 2590 m), 8– 10.07.1995 .

D i a g n o s i s. Color light green to yellow-green with small black markings. Pubescence of the upper surface dense, bright. Behind of vertex black, rarely bright. Tylus with two black stripes. Antenna black, the first segment and the basal part of the second yellowbrown, first segment 0.55× as long as the wide of head, second segment 0.63× as long as wide of the pronotum. Collar yellow. Rear portion of pronotum with 3 or 5 narrow black stripes. Calli may partially black. Scutellum sometimes at the base and the sides and with black stripe. Color mostly greenish gray. Clavus and inner side of commissure blackish. Corium with blackish stripes. Cuneus bright colored. Membrane dark gray with greenish veins, its back black. Legs green. Leg at the tip with blackish ring or half-ring. End of the tibia and tarsi black. Sides of abdomen with black stripes.

1 Interocular width / width of eye.

Length. 6.75–8.5 mm (male), 7.5 mm (female).

C o m m e n t s. Linnavuori (2007) has reported this species from Guilan, Tehran, Zanjan provinces.

The species has been collected from a hilly steppes. It is a Anatolian species, known from Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey ( Linnavuori, 2007). In the plant bug website ( Schuh, 2014) Artemisia sp. (Asteraceae) and Phlomis sp. (Lamiaceae) have been reported as the hosts of species ( Seidenstucker, 1959).

Figures

Fig. 1. Pronotum from above view: A — Brachycoleus lineellus Jakovlev, 1884; B — Brachycoleus steini Reuter, 1877; C — Brachycoleus caucasicus (Poppius, 1912).

Fig. 2. Head from lateral view: A — Brachycoleus lineellus Jakovlev, 1884; B — Brachycoleus steini Reuter, 1877; C — Brachycoleus caucasicus (Poppius, 1912).

Fig. 3. Head from above view: A, B — Brachycoleus lineellus Jakovlev, 1884; C — Brachycoleus steini Reuter, 1877; D — Brachycoleus caucasicus (Poppius, 1912).

Fig.4. Adult: A — Brachycoleus lineellus Jakovlev, 1884; B — Brachycoleus steini Reuter, 1877; C — Brachycoleus caucasicus (Poppius, 1912).