Cimicicapsus montanus ( Hsiao, 1941 )

Xu, Jing-Yang & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2009, The genus Cimicicapsus Poppius from China (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae), Zootaxa 2014, pp. 19-33 : 24-25

Cimicicapsus montanus ( Hsiao, 1941) com. nov.

( Figs. 2 , 11, 12 , 25–29 )

Deraeocoris montanus Hsiao, 1941: 244 ; Hsiao, 1942: 251, 252; Carvalho, 1957: 69; Zheng & Liu, 1992: 293; Schuh, 1995: 613; Kerzhner & Josifov, 1999: 40; Nakatani 2001: 254.

Specimens Examined: CHINA: Sichuan Province: Mt. Omei (104°12΄E, 29°33΄N), 1 female, alt. 900–1000m, 21. IX. 1938, C. S. Tsi. Leg. (holotype). 1 male, same data as above; 1 female, alt. 900–1000m, 7. VIII. 1938, C. S. Tsi. Leg.; 1 male, alt. 900–1000m, 11. IV. 1957. Hubei Province: Shuangtai, Zhushan (110°13΄E, 32°12΄N), 1 male, alt. 300–400m, 21. IX, 1983, light trapped. 1 male,alt. 300–400m, 22. IX, 1983, light trapped. Gansu Province: Lanzhou (103°51΄E, 36°04΄N), 1 female, 2. IX, 1962.

Diagnosis: Recognized by reddish brown body, vertex width 1.3–1.7 times eye width, antennal segment II yellowish brown with apical portion black, length 2.1–2.3 times head width (included eyes), scutellum lateral margin with large yellowish white spot, femur yellowish brown, without rings.

Male genitalia: Left paramere ( Figs. 25–26 ) strong, sensory lobe falciform, with sparse setae, hypophysis elongated, apical portion bifid; right paramere ( Fig. 27 ) stout, sensory lobe as a finger, hypophysis apical portion bent, apex sharp; vesica ( Fig. 29 ) with membranous lobes and 4 sclerotized appendages.

Distribution: China (Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu).

This species was erected by Hsiao based on female specimens from Omei Mountain, Sichuan Province, China. We found more specimens collected from Omei Mountain by C. S. Hsiao in 1938. We examined the male genitalia and other characters of this species, and consider it to be congeneric with genus Cimicicapsus .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Scutellar markings of Cimicicapsus spp. 1. C. flavimaculus; 2. C. montanus; 3. C. pseudokoreanus; 4. C. splendus; 5. C. squamus; 6. C. villosus.

FIGURES 7 – 14. Habitus views of Cimicicapsus spp. 7. C. flavimaculus (male); 8. C. flavimaculus (female); 9. C. koreanus (male); 10. C. koreanus (female); 11. C. montanus (male); 12. C. montanus (female); 13. C. pseudokoreanus (male); 14. C. pseudokoreanus (female)

FIGURES 25 – 29. Male genitalia of Cimicicapsus montanus (Hsiao). 25 – 26. Left paramere; 27. Right paramere; 28. Phallotheca; 29. Vesica.