Myiomma, Puton, 1872

Henry, Thomas J. & Carpintero, Diego L., 2012, Review of the jumping tree bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae) of Argentina and nearby areas of Brazil and Paraguay, with descriptions of nine new species, Zootaxa 3545, pp. 41-58 : 46

Key to the Species of Myiomma of Argentina and Paraguay

1. Pronotum uniformly dark brown to black................................................................... 2

– Pronotum dark, but with narrow lateral margin or humeral spot pale or white...................................... 4

2. Hemelytra uniformly dark brown ( Fig. 44).............................................. Myiomma uniformis n. sp.

– Hemelytra translucent white to yellowish, with only small brownish to fuscous markings............................. 3

3. Hemelytra yellowish white, with only the bases of each clavus brown ( Fig. 16).............. Myiomma argentinensis n. sp.

– Hemelytra white, with apical half of each cuneus and a distinct apical spot on each corium fuscous ( Fig. 24)............................................................................................... Myiomma binotata n. sp.

4. Antennal segment I pale; antennal segment II pale dorsally and ventrally, dark brown laterally ( Fig. 29, 32); pronotum dark brown, with only narrow explanate lateral margin pale ( Fig. 31); propleura uniformly pale ( Fig. 32).................................................................................................. Myiomma pallidopleura n. sp.

– Antennal segment I dark brown; antennal segment II uniformly pale; pronotum dark brown, with a distinct subhumeral pale spot; propleura predominantly black, with a small white spot posteriorly.......................................... 5

5. Posterior margin of eyes without a white margin ( Fig. 41); scutellum uniformly fuscous or black; femora pale, each with a narrow, subapical, brown band ( Fig. 40).................................................. Myiomma scutellata n. sp.

– Posterior margin of eyes narrowly white; femora uniformly pale or pale with apices brown........................... 6

6. Frons shiny black, distinctly transversely rugose ( Fig. 38); femora uniformly pale yellowish brown, without dark markings ( Figs. 34, 35)...................................................................... Myiomma pallipes n. sp.

– Frons yellowish brown, relatively smooth ( Fig. 15); femora pale with distal fourth of fore and middle femora and distal half of hind femur dark brown ( Fig. 12)........................................................ Myiomma apicalis n. sp