Rubrocuneocoris anandros, Yasunaga, Tomohide & Duwal, Ram Keshari, 2015

Yasunaga, Tomohide & Duwal, Ram Keshari, 2015, Further records and descriptions of the plant bug subfamily Phylinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Thailand, Zootaxa 3981 (2), pp. 193-219 : 205

Rubrocuneocoris anandros n. sp.

( Figs. 3 , 7 , 12 )

Diagnosis. Distinguished from any other Thai phylines by its tiny size; pale orange brown basic coloration ( Fig. 7 ); shiny dorsum; deep red antennal segment I; a partly interrupted rouge streak on pleura ( Fig. 3 ); narrowly rouge spots along posterior margin of corium; rouge apex of cuneus; and sanguineous, reticular pattern on metafemur ( Fig. 7 ). By a combination of these characters, this new species also can be separable from any other Asian congeners.

Description. Female: Body generally pale orange brown, oval, typical phyline shape; dorsal surface shining, with uniformly distributed, pale, simple setae. Head with some sanguineous spots. Antenna yellowish brown; segment I deep red; basal half of segment II with sanguineous, reticular markings. Labium shiny pale brown; segment I with sanguineous spots basally. Pleura shining, with a rouge, partly interrupted streak from propleuron to ventral half of ostiolar peritreme. Apex of corium with a few, sanguineous spots along cuneal fracture; apex of cuneus sanguineous. Leg pale brown, partly with reddish spots or marks; metafemur speckled with sanguineous spots posteriorly; protibia with a sanguineous stripe. Abdomen pale brown, partly speckled with reddish or whitish patterns. Genitalia as in Fig. 12 ; bursa copulatrix furnished with complicated membranous structure; sclerotized ring small. Male: Unknown.

Measurements. Total body length 2.35; length from apex of clypeus to cuneal fracture 1.54; width of head across eyes 0.63; vertex width 0.27; lengths of antennal segments I −IV 0.15, 0.64, 0.31, 0.25; labial length 0.96; mesal length of pronotum 0.38; basal width of pronotum 0.91; maximum width across hemelytron 1.19; and lengths of metafemur, tibia and tarsus 0.80, 1.20, 0.29.

Etymology. From Greek, anandros (= single, alone, husbandless), referring to this new, rare species, currently represented only by a single female.

Remarks. Although this new species is currently known only by a single female, its identity and placement in Rubrocuneocoris are evidently warranted, on the basis of the distinctive color pattern and form of the female genitalia.

Holotype: ♀, THAILAND: Nakhon Ratchasima: SERS, 14˚30'27”N, 101˚55'39”E, 410 m alt., light trap, 12−14 Jun 2009, T. Yasunaga, K. Yamada ( AMNH _PBI 00380393) ( DOA).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Holotype specimens of five new Thai phyline species in left lateral view.

FIGURE 7. Habitus images of Thai phylines.

FIGURE 12. Photographic images of female genitalia for Thai phylines.