Namyatovia sirsiensis, Yeshwanth & Konstantinov, 2021

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2021, Review of the plant bug tribe Eccritotarsini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) of India and Sri Lanka with description of two new genera and six new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 745, pp. 1-69 : 26-27

Namyatovia sirsiensis gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 4A–C , 22 , 25F

Diagnosis

Recognized by the following characters: body length 3.3–3.4; corium with diffuse oval pale brown spot behind apex of clavus ( Fig. 4A ); antennal segment II darkened at base, yellow on apical two-thirds; genital capsule without ornamentation, spines or processes ( Fig. 22A ); right paramere scythe-shaped ( Fig. 22C ); basal part of aedeagus evenly sclerotized, tubular, without additional processes; apical part of aedeagus forming a single, narrow membranous lobe terminating with claw-shaped sclerite ( Fig. 22D ).

Etymology

Named after the type locality, Sirsi village.

Type material

Holotype INDIA • ♂; Karnataka, Sirsi ; 14°44.023ˊ N, 74°46.711ˊ E; 506 m a.s.l.; 25 May 2010; H.M. Yeshwanth leg.; at light; UASB.

Paratypes INDIA • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for holotype; UASB • 4 ♂♂; Karnataka, Mudigere ; 13°7.190ˊ N, 75°37.670ˊ E; 913 m a.s.l.; 29 Aug. 2018; H.M. Yeshwant leg.; at light; UASB .

Description

Male

COLORATION. Pale lemon yellow to pale brown ( Fig. 4A–C ); head yellow, antennal segment I brown, segment II brown in basal third, yellow apically, segment III pale yellow, segment IV pale brown; pronotum yellow dorsally, laterally brown to reddish brown; meso- and metathorax laterally brown, ventrally pale yellow; scutellum pale brown to dark brown; hemelytron lemon yellow, with narrowly brown or black costal margin and claval commissure, sometimes base of hemelytron also darkened, corium with pale brown diffuse medial spot behind apex of clavus; legs pale yellow.

STRUCTURE. Total length 3.3–3.6; body 3.3–3.4× as long as basal width of pronotum; vertex 2.1–2.2× as wide as dorsal width of one eye, 0.8–0.9× as wide as length of antennal segment I; antennal segment II 0.6–0.7× as long as basal width of pronotum, 0.9× as long as width of head; pronotum 1.9–2.0× as wide as long.

GENITALIA. Genital capsule roughly trapeziform, short and broad, about twice as wide as long, without spines or processes ( Fig. 22A ); aperture of genital capsule large, right lateral wall somewhat excavated. Left paramere L-shaped, with slightly swollen body and almost straight apical process ( Fig. 22B ). Right paramere slightly larger than left one, scythe-shaped, gradually curved along entire length ( Fig. 22C ). Aedeagus elongate, tubular, with C-shaped, evenly sclerotized basal part followed by long, narrow, membranous lobe and terminating with acute claw-shaped sclerite ( Fig. 22D ).

Female

Unknown.

Host

Unknown. All specimens were attracted to light.

Distribution

Southwestern India, Karnataka state.

Figures

Fig. 4. Habitus of Namyatovia gen. nov. and Stonedahlia gen. nov. spp. A–C. Namyatovia sirsiensis gen. et sp. nov., ♂, UASB. A. Dorsal view. B. Head and pronotum. C. Lateral view. D–F. Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov., ♂, UASB. D. Dorsal view. E. Head and pronotum. F. Lateral view.

Fig. 22. Male genitalia of Namyatovia sirsiensis gen. et sp. nov., holotype, UASB. A. Genital capsule in ventral view. B. Left paramere in dorsal view. C. Right paramere in dorsal view. D. Aedeagus in lateral view.

Fig. 25. Scent gland evaporatory area. A. Harpedona vittlaensis sp. nov., UASB. B. Lopidolon dandeliensis sp. nov., UASB. C. Mertila rubrocephala sp. nov., UASB. D. Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov., UASB. E. Namyatovia castlerockensis gen. et sp. nov., UASB. F. Namyatovia sirsiensis gen. et sp. nov., UASB.