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