Thaumastomiris piceatus Distant, 1911b: 277
Thaumastomiris piceatus
Stonedahl 1988: 96
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
Yeshwanth, H. M.
Konstantinov, Fedor V.
European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-04-14
745
1
69
564ZS
Distant, 1911
Distant
1911
[559,1029,1582,1609]
Insecta
Miridae
Thaumastomiris
GBIF
Animalia
Hemiptera
33
34
Arthropoda
species
piceatus
Fig. 10C–F
Thaumastomiris piceatus Distant, 1911b: 277. Thaumastomiris piceatus– Stonedahl 1988: 96(figs 93, 99, redescr.).
Diagnosis Recognized by the following characters: total length 5.1–5.4; dorsum reddish with large diffuse brown spot on apical half of clavus and medioapical area of corium; left wall of genital capsule with two very long and thin subapical spines ( Stonedahl 1988: fig. 99a); aedeagus with single-coned, spinelike subapical sclerotized process ( Stonedahl 1988: fig. 99e).
Material examined Lectotype INDIA• ♂; Ganges delta, Sorabkatti; 14 Dec. 1909; Jenkinsleg.; at light; NHM. Paralectotype INDIA• 1 ♂; Gangesdelta, Khulna distr., Gurhhalee, 8 Dec. 1909; Jenkinsleg.; at light; NHM. Other material BURMA• 1 ♀; Rangoon; Mar. 1927; E.J. Meggittleg.; USNM.
Distribution Burma, Pakistan, and northern India ( Stonedahl 1988).
Remarks Phylogenetic analysis of the genus ( Stonedahl 1988) resolved this species as a sister taxon to Th. sanguinalis, which differs from Th. piceatusin having uniformly reddish dorsum, short subapical spines on the left wall of genital capsule ( Stonedahl 1988: fig. 100a), and twin-coned sclerotized process of the aedeagus ( Stonedahl 1988: fig. 100e). Thaumastomiris piceatusis similar to Th. discoidalis(New Guinea) in the body size and coloration, particularly in the presence of brown medial spot on hemelytron, but the latter species may be distinguished by the antennal segment II longer than width of head and the presence of single spine on the left wall of the genital capsule.
3073898317
[189,1137,349,375]
at light
1909-12-14
NHM
Jenkins
India
Ganges delta
34
35
1
1
lectotype
3073898342
[189,1307,452,478]
1909-12-08
NHM
Jenkins
Gurhhalee
Ganges
Khulna distr.
34
35
1
1
paralectotype
3073898321
[189,936,555,581]
1927-03
USNM
E. J. Meggitt
Myanmar
Rangoon
34
35
1
1
Yangon