Orientomiris brunneus (Poppius, 1914) Poppius, 1914

Chérot, F. & Malipatil, M. B., 2016, A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 4126 (2), pp. 151-206 : 174

13.2. Orientomiris brunneus (Poppius, 1914) n. comb.

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Creontiades brunneus Poppius, 1914: 109 (as new species); Carvalho 1959: 74 (catalog); Schuh 1995: 743 (catalog), 2002– 2013 (online catalog).

Material examined. Type specimens: lectotype Ƌ of Creontiades brunneus (present designation): INDONESIA: JAVA: no locality given, type 9725 ( MZHF) [the specimen bears the Poppius’ original handwritten identification label with the mention “ Megacoelum brunneus n. sp. ”]. Paralectotype Ƌ (present designation): INDONESIA: JAVA: no locality given, type 9724 ( MZHF).

Diagnosis. Body chocolate brown to dark brown or black, glabrous. Head brown, eyes black; antenna with first segment thick, brownish yellow as second and third segment, latter segment yellow basally; fourth missing. Pronotal disk chocolate brown laterally, dark brown to black medially; posterior margin faintly light brown. Legs brownish yellow, tibial spines black. Scutellum brown laterally, black medially. Inner part of clavus and endocorium dark brown to black, exocorium brown, cuneus red brown laterally, black medially. Hemelytral veins raised, hemelytral punctation much reduced but very dense.

Discussion. The types of O. brunneus conform to our diagnosis of Orientomiris on the basis of their external anatomy, hence we suggest the new combination.

Figures

FIGURES 36 – 43. Habitus of ACMc members: 36. Orientomiris chinensis (Li & Zheng, 1991), male holotype from China (NKU). 37. Orientomiris pseudopronotalis (Li & Zheng, 1991), male holotype from China (NKU). 38. Orientomiris tricolor (Scott, 1880), a male specimen from Japan (HUES). 39. Orientomiris ater (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female lectotype from India (MZHF). 40. Orientomiris brunneus (Poppius, 1914) n. comb., male lectotype from Indonesia (MZHF). 41. Orientomiris fruhstorferi (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female paralectotype from Indonesia (MZHF). 42. Orientomiris maculicollis (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female holotype from India (MZHF). 43. Orientomiris marginatus (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female lectotype from Indonesia (MZHF). Scales = 1 mm.