A Revision of the Genus Peritropis UHLER 1891 from the Oriental Region (Hemiptera, Miridae, Cylapinae)1

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A Revision of the Genus Peritropis UHLER 1891 from the Oriental Region (Hemiptera, Miridae, Cylapinae)1 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at A revision of the genus Peritropis UHLER 1891 from the Oriental Region (Hemiptera, Miridae, Cylapinae)1 J. GORCZYCA Abstract: The genus Peritropis UHLER from the Oriental Region is revised. Six new species of the genus are described from Brunei, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. All type material, except P. lugubris POPPIUS, has been examined. All known species from the Oriental Region are redescribed. Photos of the dorsal habitus of all species are presented and keys to the Oriental species are provided. Key words: Cylapinae, Heteroptera, new species, Oriental Region, Peritropis, taxonomy. Introduction I do not include the illustrations of male genitalia because several species are known The genus Peritropis UHLER is one of the only from females and some only as holo- most numerous genera within the subfamily types; most species can be distinguished on Cylapinae. Most species are known from the the basis of their habitus photograph. In the Afrotropical Region, where 25 species have most difficult complex – the P. poppiana- been described (GORCZYCA 2000, 2003a). group – P. poppiana and P. javanica are Additionally, four species have been de- known only as females. scribed from Arabia and Socotra (LINNA- VUORI 1994; GORCZYCA 2000; LINNAVUORI Material and Methods & GORCZYCA 2002). Eleven species are Almost all institutions that might be ex- known from Indo-Pacific area, including pected to house material from the Oriental New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Australia Region have been contacted. The most im- and New Guinea (SCHUH 1995; GORCZYCA portant historical collections are those in 1997, 1998, 1999; GORCZYCA & CHLOND Helsinki, Budapest and Müncheberg, which 2005). Four probably endemic species occur have most of Poppius’ and Bergroth’s types, respectively in New Zealand, Far East of and the British Museum with Distant’s ma- Russia, North and South America (SCHUH terial. Other important collections are in 1995; GORCZYCA & EYLES 1997). Up to now Copenhagen, St. Petersburg, Innsbruck, Vi- eleven species are known from the Oriental enna and additional places listed below. Region (SCHUH 1995; GORCZYCA 2003b). Morphological terminology used in the descriptions and redescriptions follows Peritropis seems to be a relatively young SCHUH & SLATER (1995). Pretarsal structure but very diverse genus. Many species are still was examined after the legs had been kept undescribed, especially from the Indo-Pacif- for several hours in KOH and put into glyc- ic islands and Australia. In the present pa- erin. Photos were taken and prepared using per knowledge of the occurrence and distri- stereo-microscope Nikon Eclipse-600 and bution of the genus Peritropis from the Ori- Lucia net programme. Label data are cited ental Region is revised and summarised. verbatim: a comma denotes the end of a line Denisia 19, zugleich Kataloge der OÖ. Landesmuseen 1 I am very happy to dedicate this work to my friend and prominent heteropterologist Ernst Heiss. Neue Serie 50 (2006), 401–422 401 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at of print and a semicolon separates data 790; HENRY & WHEELER 1988: 271; SCHUH 1995: quoted on different labels. 33; GORCZYCA & EYLES 1997: 226; KERZHNER & JOSIFOV 1999: 9; GORCZYCA 2000: 111, 2003b: The borders of the region are given ac- 154; YASUNAGA 2000: 191. cording to LIS (1994) and the study area in- Mevius DISTANT 1904: 453 (syn. POPPIUS 1909: cludes (from west to east): Pakistan, India, 24) Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, southern part Type species: Mevius lewisi DISTANT 1904 (origi- of China (including Hainan), Taiwan, nal designation). Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cam- Mevius: KIRKALDY 1906: 156; CARVALHO 1955: bodia, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia 49, 1957: 21; SCHUH 1995:33; KERZHNER & JOSI- (excluding Irian Jaya). FOV 1999: 9. Diagnosis: Among the other representa- Abbreviations tives of the tribe Fulviini, the genus Peritro- pis can be distinguished by stout, usually BMNH. Natural History Museum, oval body, short and broad pronotum, London, England pronotal collar very thin or invisible, eyes BPBM . Department of Entomology contiguous with the anterior margin of Collection, Bernice P. Bishop; pronotum, antenniferous tubercles contigu- Museum, Honolulu, HI USA ous or only slightly removed from the mar- DEIC . Deutsches Entomologisches gins of eyes, antennae four-segmented, Institute, Müncheberg, Germany fourth segment sometimes divided, the mar- HNHM . Hungarian Natural History gins of hemelytra usually distinctly convex, Museum, Budapest, Hungary hemelytra smooth, usually distinctly wider MZHF . Zoological Museum, Helsinki than the posterior margin of pronotum, University, Finland pronotum smooth, in some species rugose, NHMW . Naturhistorisches Museum mesoscutum exposed, tarsi very short, two- Wien, Vienna, Austria segmented, second segment usually divided, US . Department of Zoology, Univer- claws usually with a distinct subapical tooth. sity of Silesia, Katowice, Poland TLI. Tiroler Landesmuseum, Inns- Redescription: Body oval or elongate- bruck, Austria oval, head triangular, shorter than wide, eyes ZMAS . Zoological Institute RAS, large, contiguous with the anterior margin of St. Petersburg, Russia pronotum, antenniferous tubercles contigu- ZMUC . Zoological Museum, University ous or only slightly removed from the mar- of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, gins of eyes. First and second antennal seg- Denmark ments the thickest, in some species distifla- gellum divided. Rostrum straight, thin, Results reaching at least beyond metacoxae. Taxonomy Pronotal collar very thin or absent, pronotum broad and short, the posterior margin much longer than pronotum, lateral Peritropis UHLER margins of pronotum usually elevated, calli Type species: Peritropis saldaeformis UH- usually confluent, more or less raised. LER 1891 (monotypy). Pronotum usually smooth but in some species rugose, mesoscutum well exposed, Peritropis UHLER 1891: 121. usually with a distinct carina laterally. Peritropis: KIRKALDY 1906:145; REUTER 1909: 66, 1910: 154, 1912: 42; POPPIUS 1909: 19, 24, 1912: Hemelytra well developed, brachypter- 165, 169; DISTANT 1910: 253; VAN DUZEE 1916: ous forms unknown, hemelytra usually dis- 42, 1917: 366; BERGROTH 1920: 74, 1925: 159; tinctly wider than the posterior margin of MCATEE & MALLOCH 1924: 71; BLATCHLEY 1926: pronotum, embolium distinct, costal frac- 880; KNIGHT 1941: 62; CARVALHO 1946: 4, 1952: ture present, cuneus usually broad, mem- 48, 1955: 18, 1956: 5, 9, 1957: 21; FROESCHNER brane two- or single-celled. 1949: 137; KELTON 1959: 50; SCHMITZ 1970: 504; LINNAVUORI 1975: 5; CARVALHO & LORENZATO Legs relatively short, tarsi short, two- 1978: 129; MEDLER 1980: 96; KERZHNER 1988: segmented, second segment often divided, 402 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at claws usually with a distinct subapical tooth. Fig. 1: Peritropis indica nov.sp., paratype, female. Parameres usually with one arm, but in at least two species, Peritropis monikae GOR- CZYCA from the Loyalty Islands and P. gran- ulosa GORCZYCA from the Afrotropics, the left paramere is V-shaped. Aedeagus mem- branous, often with sclerotized spiculi. Key to species groups of the genus Peritropis from the Oriental Region 1 Membrane without spots or patches . .P. suturella-group – Membrane with more or less strongly marked paler spots or patches . .2 2 Pronotum and hemelytra covered with distinct pale swellings, patches or longitu- dinal lines . .P. poppiana-group – Body and pronotum without pale swellings or longitudinal lines . .3 3 Hemelytra entirely dark . .P. nigripennis-group – Hemelytra at least with pale spots . .4 4 Posterior margin of pronotum almost straight . .P. thailandica-group – Posterior margin of pronotum more or less sinuate . .P. lewisi-group P. lewisi-group Representatives of P. lewisi-group are of pronotum . .P. indica nov.sp. small or medium-sized insects whose posteri- or margin of pronotum bears more or less Peritropis indica nov.sp. (Fig. 1) strongly marked incisions. Type material: Holotype =: NE-India: Meghalaya State, W Garo Hills, Balphakram NP., 22-27 V Key to the species of P. lewisi-group 1996, 250-550 m, GPS N25°51` E 90°51` (WGSB4), leg. E. Jendek & O. Sausa. Paratypes 1 Pronotum and head yellow, metatibiae 3YY the same data as holotype. Holotype and pale . .P. popovi nov.sp. two paratypes housed in NHMW, one paratype in – Pronotum and head pale or dark brown, US. metatibiae at least partly dark brown . .2 Diagnosis: This species can be distin- 2 Head and pronotum pale brown, vertex guished by its size and the coloration of the with a distinct, longitudinal sulcus . body (Fig. 1). P. pusilla POPPIUS Description: Male. Body elongate, dark – Head and pronotum brown to dark brown mottled with very small pale spots brown, vertex without a distinct, longitu- and patches. Length of the body 3.0 mm, dinal sulcus . .3 width 1.20 mm. Head dark brown mottled 3 Length of the body about 4 mm, in with small, pale patches, eyes relatively female, second antennal segment large, occupying almost the whole side of long, more than twice as long as prono- head, vertex with a thin occipital carina. tum . .P. lewisi DISTANT Length of head 0.47 mm, width 0.65 mm, – Body shorter than 4 mm, second antennal diameter of eye 0.20 mm. Antennae insert- segment short, shorter than double length ed on tubercles contiguous with the margin 403 © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at
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