Stonedahlia mishmiensis, Yeshwanth & Konstantinov, 2021

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Konstantinov, Fedor V., 2021, 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, European Journal of Taxonomy 745, pp. 1-69 : 32-33

Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov.

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Figs 4D–F , 23–24 , 25D , 27D

Diagnosis

See generic diagnosis.

Etymology

The name of the new species is derived from the type locality, Mishmi hills.

Type material

Holotype INDIA • ♂; Arunachal Pradesh, Myodia; 28°16ˊ47.4˝ N, 095°54ˊ44.9˝ E; 2463 m a.s.l.; 11 Sep. 2014; H.M. Yeshwanth leg.; Ex: Colocasia sp. ( Araceae ); UASB.

Paratypes INDIA • 10 ♂♂, 10 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; UASB ; • 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; ZISP .

Description

Male

COLORATION. Pale yellow to pale brownish yellow ( Fig. 4D–F ). Dorsum pale yellow, sometimes scutellum and claval commissure brown yellow; eye dark reddish-brown; antennal segment I with diffuse brown longitudinal stripe laterally and reddish tinge apically, segment II with dark reddishbrown apex, segments, III and IV brown with paler bases; labium pale yellow with darkened apex of segment IV; thoracic pleurites and abdomen pale yellow; legs pale yellow with brown apical part of tarsal segment III.

STRUCTURE. Total length 4.4–4.6; body 4.0–4.1× as long as basal width of pronotum. vertex 2.9–3.0× as wide as dorsal width of one eye, 0.6–0.7× as wide as length of antennal segment I; antennal segment II 1.0–1.1× as long as basal width of pronotum, 1.8–1.9× as long as width of head; pronotum 1.5× as wide as long.

Female

COLORATION. As in male.

STRUCTURE. Total length 4.4–4.7; body 3.7–3.8× as long as basal width of pronotum. vertex 2.8–2.9× as wide as dorsal width of one eye, 0.5–0.6× as wide as length of antennal segment I; antennal segment II subequal to basal width of pronotum, 1.9× as long as width of head; pronotum 1.4–1.5× as wide as long.

Host

Colocasia sp. ( Araceae ).

Distribution

Arunachal Pradesh state of India.

Figures

Fig. 4. Habitus of Namyatovia gen. nov. and Stonedahlia gen. nov. spp. A–C. Namyatovia sirsiensis gen. et sp. nov., ♂, UASB. A. Dorsal view. B. Head and pronotum. C. Lateral view. D–F. Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov., ♂, UASB. D. Dorsal view. E. Head and pronotum. F. Lateral view.

Fig. 23. Genital capsule of Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov., ♂, paratype, UASB. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Left lateral view. D. Right lateral view.

Fig. 24. Male genitalia of Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov., ♂, paratype, UASB. A. Right paramere in left lateral view. B. Apex of right paramere, magnified. C. Right paramere in dorsal view. D. Right paramere in right lateral view. E. Left paramere in dorsal view. F. Left paramere in lateral view. G. Aedeagus in lateral view.

Fig. 25. Scent gland evaporatory area. A. Harpedona vittlaensis sp. nov., UASB. B. Lopidolon dandeliensis sp. nov., UASB. C. Mertila rubrocephala sp. nov., UASB. D. Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov., UASB. E. Namyatovia castlerockensis gen. et sp. nov., UASB. F. Namyatovia sirsiensis gen. et sp. nov., UASB.

Fig. 27. Habitats and living specimens. A–B. Harpedona sanguinipes Distant, 1909 on Colocasia esculenta. A. Nymphs.B. Mating adults.C. Prodromus clypeatusDistant, 1904 on banana.D. Stonedahlia mishmiensis gen. et sp. nov. on Colocasia sp. E. Lopidolon dandeliensis sp. nov. on Diplocentrum recurvum. All specimens at UASB.