Hyoidea hermione Linnavuori, 1989

Knyshov, Alexander & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2013, A taxonomic revision of the genus Hyoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 1-32 : 14-15

Hyoidea hermione Linnavuori, 1989

( Figs 2–3 , 18, 42, 53, 57, 59, 61)

Hyoidea hermione Linnavuori, 1989: 50 (original description) Hyoidea hermione: SCHUH (1995: 123) (catalogue); KERZHNER & JOSIFOV (1999: 249) (catalogue)

Type locality. Israel, Southern District, 17 km S of Be’er Sheva’.

Type material examined. PARATYPES: ISRAEL: HADAROM (SOUTHERN DISTRICT): 17 km S of Be’er Sheva’ (Beersheba), 31.08°N 34.82°E, 27 Apr 1986, R. Linnavuori, 1♀ (AMNH_PBI 00337188) ( NMWC). Ze’elim (S of Negev Desert), 31.2°N 34.5333°E, 23 Jul 1986, R. Linnavuori, 1 J (AMNH_PBI 00337187) ( NMWC).

Additional material examined. ISRAEL: HADAROM (SOUTHERN DISTRICT): Ashqelon, dunes at seashore, 31.663°N 34.564°E, 12 Jun 1999, I. M. Kerzhner, 1 ♀ (AMNH_PBI 00312779) ( ZISP). Ze’elim (S of Negev Desert), 31.2°N 34.5333°E, 23 Jul 1986, R. Linnavuori, 1 J (AMNH_PBI 00312777), 1 ♀ (AMNH_PBI 00312778) ( ZISP).

Redescription. Male: Small-sized, 4.0– 4.1 mm. COLOURATION ( Fig. 2 ): Dirty yellowish. Head: Clypeus pale brown with small black longitudinal spot at base and two black lateral stripes extending from base to middle of clypeus; mandibular plate entirely pale, maxillary plate darkened at apex; frons with radiating black not confluent stripes; vertex with two black, not confluent spots; antenna entirely dark brown to black, or segment II proximally brown, distally dark brown, segments III and IV somewhat paler; labium dark brown, apex of segment IV black. Thorax: Calli almost entirely covered with dense and largely confluent black spots; disc with dense brown minute spots; scutellum typically with more or less expressed brown minute spots and pale stripe along midline, rarely uniformly dirty yellow; thoracic pleurites pale, with darkened propleural suture. Hemelytron: Clavus, corium and cuneus with diffuse and sometimes indistinct brown minute spots. Legs: Dirty yellow to pale brown, sometimes with orange tinge, dorsal and ventral surfaces of all femora with a series of minute, partly confluent dark brown spots running along posterior margin at base and apically extending to anterior margin. Abdomen: Pale brown. SURFACE AND VESTITURE: Smooth, disc and base of clavus with dense and very fine darkened punctation, scutellum typically with transverse wrinkles; vestiture composed of intermixed black simple setae and silvery scales. STRUCTURE: Head: Vertex 2.3–2.8 × as wide as eye; antennal segment I 0.4 × as long as width of head; antennal II segment 1.5 × as long as width of head and 1.2–1.3 × as long as width of pronotum. Thorax: Pronotum 1.7 × as wide as long and 1.1–1.2 × as wide as head. GENITALIA: Genital capsule with large tooth on left side of genital opening; sensory lobe of left paramere flattened, apically slightly widened and serrate, caudal process long and apically serrate ( Fig. 42 ); left spicule of aedeagus with small denticles laterally; right spicule twice as long as left one, with both branches long and thin, with apical serration (Fig. 53).

Female: Small-sized, 4.3 mm. COLOURATION ( Fig. 3 ), SURFACE AND VESTITURE: As in male. STRUCTURE: More stumpy than male, with larger interocular distance and somewhat wider pronotum; vertex 2.7–3.1 × as wide as eye; antennal segment I 0.3–0.4 × as long as width of head; antennal segment II 1.1–1.2 × as long as width of head and 0.9–1.0 × as long as width of pronotum; pronotum 1.8–1.9 × as wide as long and 1.1–1.2 × as wide as head; abdomen larger and partly extending beyond apex of membrane; membrane reaching base of VIII tergite. GENITALIA: Dorsal labiate plate as in Fig. 57; interramal lobes of posterior wall as in Fig. 59; vestibular sclerites as in Fig. 61.

Differential diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: dark minute spots usually well expressed on pronotal disc and hemelytron; two black spots on vertex not confluent ( Figs 2–3 ); vestiture on dorsum composed of black simple setae and silvery scales; genital capsule with large tooth on left side; sensory lobe of left paramere flattened, apically slightly widened and serrate, caudal process long and apically serrate ( Fig. 42 ); left spicule of aedeagus 0.5 × as long as right, with small subapical denticles (Fig. 53); both branches of right spicule long and not widened, with apical serration (Fig. 53). Most similar to H. lindbergi in the pale brown dorsum with dark minute spots, but differs in the smaller body size, and the shape of spicules of aedeagus.

Host associations. LINNAVUORI (1989) gives the host plant as Ephedra campylopoda C.A.Mey.

Distribution. This species is only known from the type locality, Southern District, Israel (Fig. 18) ( LINNAVUORI 1989).

Figures

Figs 1–9. Dorsal habitus of Hyoidea species. 1 – Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997, male. 2–3 – Hyoidea hermione Linnavuori, 1989: 2 – male; 3 – female. 4–5 – Hyoidea horvathi Montandon, 1890: 4 – male; 5 – female. 6–7 – Hyoidea kerzhneri Hoberlandt, 1963: 6 – male; 7 – female. 8–9 – Hyoidea lindbergi Hoberlandt, 1963: 8 – male; 9 – female.

Figs 40–44. Left paramere. 40 – Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997; 41 – H. lopezcoloni Baena & Günther, 2001; 42 – H. hermione Linnavuori, 1989; 43 – H. horvathi Montandon, 1890; 44 – H. stehliki Baena & Günther, 2001. Lettering: a.p. – apical process, s.l. – sensory lobe, c.p. – caudal process, den. – denticles.