Cyrtocapsus marginatus (Distant)

Henry, Thomas J., 2022, Revision of the New World Plant Bug Genus Cyrtocapsus (Heteroptera: Miridae Bryocorinae: Eccritotarsini), with New and Revised Synonymies, Lectotype Designations, and Descriptions of 12 New Species, Zootaxa 5154 (1), pp. 1-48 : 26

Cyrtocapsus marginatus (Distant)

( Figs. 37, 38 )

Eccritotarsus marginatus Distant 1893: 442 (original description; Tabasco, Mexico). Lectotype designated by Carvalho & Dolling 1976: 801.

Cyrtocapsus marginatus: Carvalho & China 1951: 676 (combination); Carvalho 1954: 12 (key), 1957: 96 (catalog); Henry & Carvalho 1987: 292 (key); Schuh 1995: 542 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Diagnosis. Cyrtocapsus marginatus ( Figs. 37, 38 ) is recognized by the black dorsum, the pale white antennae, the mostly black femora with only the bases pale, and the pale tibiae with only the bases black.

It is most similar to C. paraensis ( Figs. 46, 47 ) in the overall black color and apically black femora, but the latter differs in having a black antenna, with only the base of segment I pale, and uniformly dark brown to black tibiae.

Description. Male ( Fig. 37 ): Length to apex of membrane 3.00 mm (Distant 1893).

Coloration: Distant (1893) described this species as “black, more or less greyish-pilose; antennae, bases of the femora, tibiae (excluding bases), tarsi, sublateral margins of the corium, and the membrane pale ochraceous [yellowish brown]; apical joint of the antennae and the apices of the tarsi fuscous; basal central spot to membrane black.”

Texture and vestiture: As for other species of the genus based on dorsal photographs.

Male genitalia: Not examined. Known only from the lectotype male.

Female ( Fig. 38 ): Similar to male in color and shape.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Described and known only from Tabasco, Mexico (Distant 1883).

Type material examined. Lectotype ♂ (right specimen of two on one card; paralectotype ♀ on left side) of Eccritotarsus marginatus Distant (BMNH) : Label 1, “[ Mexico], Teapa , Tabasco, Feb. H. H. S.”; 2, B.C.A. Hem., Eccritotarsus marginatus ”; 3, “sp. figured”; 4, “ Eccritotarsus marginatus Dist. ”; 5 (circular, dark blue), “ Lectotype.”

Figures

FIGURES 29–39. Habitus images of Cyrtocapsus spp. 29, 30, C. grenadensis. 29, male, dorsal aspect. 30, female, dorsal aspect. 31, C. guianus, holotype female, dorsal aspect. 32, 33, C. haitianus. 32, male dorsal aspect. 33, female, dorsal aspect. 34, C. intermedius, female, dorsal aspect. 35, 36, C. lazelli. 35, male, dorsal aspect. 36, female, dorsal aspect. 37, 38, C. marginatus. 37, lectotype male, dorsal aspect. 38, paralectotype female, dorsal aspect. 39, C. mesoamericanus, holotype male, dorsal aspect.

FIGURES 40–48. Habitus images of Cyrtocapsus spp. 40, 41, C. metafemoratus. 40, male, dorsal aspect. 41, holotype female, dorsal aspect. 42, 43, C. nordestinus. 42, male, dorsal aspect. 43, male, lateral aspect. 44, 45, C. pallipes. 44, male, dorsal aspect. 45, female, dorsal aspect. 46, 47, C. paraensis, holotype female (of C. bolivianus). 46, dorsal aspect. 47, lateral aspect. 48, C. paraguaiensis, holotype female, dorsal aspect.