Hyoidea flavolimbata Ribes & Ribes, 2000

Knyshov, Alexander & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2013, A taxonomic revision of the genus Hyoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (1), pp. 1-32 : 10

Hyoidea flavolimbata Ribes & Ribes, 2000

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Hyoidea flavolimbata Ribes & Ribes, 2000: 51 (original description)

Type locality. Spain, Zaragoza province (Aragon), Sierra de Alcubierre, Monegrillo.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, SPAIN: ZARAGOZA PROVINCE (ARAGON): Sierra de Alcubierre, Monegrillo . PARATYPES: SPAIN: ZARAGOZA PROVINCE (ARAGON): Sierra de Alcubierre, Monegrillo, 1 May 1999, J. Blasco-Zumeta, 1 J 1 ♀ (J. Ribes coll.). MADRID PROVINCE: Aranjuez, 4 May 1990, U. Koschwitz, 1 ♀ (M. Baena coll.) (not examined).

Differential diagnosis. Distinguished by the following combination of characters: black spots on vertex and calli not confluent; cuneus concolorous with corium; left side of genital opening with distinct large tooth; sensory lobe of left paramere flattened, apically slightly widened and serrate, caudal process relatively short, with two teeth (see Figs 7–9 in RIBES & RIBES 2000); left spicule of aedeagus long, thin and curved, with medial tooth; both branches of right spicule long and thin. The species is most similar to H. kerzhneri in the general brown colouration, and in the presence of medial tooth on right vesical spicule, but differs in the contrastingly yellow exocorium, left paramere with caudal process, and smooth spicules of aedeagus (see Fig. 10 in RIBES & RIBES 2000).

Host associations. RIBES & RIBES (2000) lists the host plant as Ephedra nebrodensis Tineo.

Distribution. So far known from two close localities: Monegrillo (Sierra de Alcubierre, Zaragoza Prov.), and Aranjuez (Madrid Prov.), Spain (Fig. 19) ( RIBES & RIBES 2000).

Discussion. The species was described from four specimens, with one female paratype sampled at a great distance apart, more than 300 km. Unfortunately we have not examined material of this species, and the diagnosis given above is based on the sufficiently detailed original description ( RIBES & RIBES 2000). The species can be clearly distinguished from similar species ( H. kerzhneri and H. hannothiauxi ) as well as from other species known from Spain ( H. lopezcoloni and H. stehliki ) by the characters listed in the above diagnosis.

Figures

Figs 1–9. Dorsal habitus of Hyoidea species. 1 – Hyoidea hannothiauxi Carapezza, 1997, male. 2–3 – Hyoidea hermione Linnavuori, 1989: 2 – male; 3 – female. 4–5 – Hyoidea horvathi Montandon, 1890: 4 – male; 5 – female. 6–7 – Hyoidea kerzhneri Hoberlandt, 1963: 6 – male; 7 – female. 8–9 – Hyoidea lindbergi Hoberlandt, 1963: 8 – male; 9 – female.

Figs 10–17. Dorsal habitus of Hyoidea species. 10–11 – Hyoidea lopezcoloni Baena & Günther, 2001: 10 – male; 11 – female. 12–15 – Hyoidea notaticeps Reuter, 1876: 12, 14 – males (12 – Iliyskiy on Ili River, Kazakhstan; 14 – Čenkov, Slovakia); 13, 15 – females (13 – Iliyskiy on Ili River, Kazakhstan; 15 – Čenkov, Slovakia). 16–17 – Hyoidea stehliki Baena & Günther, 2001: 16 – male; 17 – female.