Nabidomiris giloicus Linnavuori, 1975

Morales, Irina, Forero, Dimitri & Unesis, 2016, The genusNabidomiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae): review of the species and description of a new species from South Africa, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56 (2), pp. 507-516 : 512-513

Nabidomiris giloicus Linnavuori, 1975

( Figs 2 , 7, 8 , 21 )

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ SUDAN / EQUATORIA / Imatong Mts nr. / Gilo 18-24.iii.1963 / Linnavuouri’ ( AMNH) [photo examined].

Additional material examined. CAMEROON: 1 J, ‘[SUD-OUEST] / Br. Cameroons Sasse-Sappo / [4° 6’ 46N; 9° 13’ 47 E] / 20-31.i.1952 / Tita’ ( CASC) .

Diagnosis. Recognized by the following combination of characters: basal margin of pronotum about 1.2 times the width of the head (Table 1), humeral angles with two rounded black spots; (male) hemelytra reduced (brachypterous) ( Fig. 2 ); male endosoma with ribbon-like sclerite long and narrow ( Fig. 7 , rs); medial left sclerite oval and smooth ( Fig. 7 , ms), and sclerite of the secondary gonopore present ( Fig. 8 , sgs).

Male genitalia. Pygophore and parameres lost [specimen already dissected when examined]. Endosoma: ribbon-like sclerite (rs) long and narrow, trichiae on surface very small ( Fig.7 ); medial sclerite (ms) oval and smooth ( Fig. 8 ); and sclerite of the secondary gonopore present ( Fig. 8 , sgs).

Plant associations. Associated with Podocarpus (Podocarpaceae) ( LINNAVUORI 1975).

Distribution. Described from South Sudan ( LINNAVUORI 1975). New country record from Cameroon in western Africa ( Fig. 21 ).

Figures

Figs 1–4. Nabidomiris spp., dorsal habitus of male. 1 – N. clypealis Poppius, 1914, 2 – N.giloicus Linnavuori, 1975, 3 – N. longipennis Odhiambo, 1958, 4 – N. natalensis sp. nov.

Figs 5–16. 5–10 – Nabidomiris spp., male endosoma.5–6 – N. clypealis Poppius, 1914: 5 – left lateral view, 6 – right lateral view; 7–8 – N. giloicus Linnavuori, 1975: 7 – left lateral view, 8 – right lateral view; 9–10 – N. longipennis Odhiambo, 1958: 9 – left lateral view, 10 – right lateral view. 11–16 – N. natalensis sp. nov., male genitalia: 11 – left lateral view; 12 – right lateral view; 13 – ventral view; 14 – pygophore, dorsal view; 15 – right paramere; 16 – left paramere. Scale bars: 1 mm. Abbreviations: gs – secondary gonopore, ms – medial left sclerite, rs – ribbon-like sclerite, s – spicule of endosoma, sgs – sclerite of the secondary gonopore, t – tubercle on ventral left margin of pygophore, vrs – ventral right sclerite.

Fig. 21. Distribution map for species of Nabidomiris. Black symbols represent data from specimens examined; grey symbols represent data taken from the literature.