Pilophoropsidea

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Taxonavigation

Ordo: Hemiptera
Familia: Miridae

Name

Pilophoropsidea Henry gen. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile

Type species:

Ceratocapsus camelus Knight, 1930.

Diagnosis

Characterized by the relatively long labial segment I that extends beyond the gular sulcus by nearly half its length; the strongly convex pronotum, having nearly straight lateral margins that narrow anteriorly before ending to accentuate a distinct narrow collar; the hemelytra uniformly polished, subparallel to weakly contricted through middle (Figs 51, 56, 62), always having two loose bands of silvery scale-like setae, a narrow one at the base of the corium and clavus and a broader one through the middle of the corium onto the apical third of the clavus, and a single row of long, erect, often bristle-like, simple setae on the clavus; and a distinctive ostiolar area (Fig. 110) having a swollen, usually dull red area or knob at the apex of the scent channel.

Description

Myrmecomorphic. Males macropterous; females brachypterous. Length of males 3.60–5.40 mm. Head broader than long; posterior margin straight or truncate, distinctly carinate, posterior margin of eyes level with base of vertex, hypognathus; eyes large, elongate oval, occupying half or more of dorsal head width, laterally occupying more than 70♂ of height; front rounded, declivent, clypeus acute, visible from dorsal aspect. Labium extending to middle or hind coxae; segment I extending beyond gular sulcus by about half its length, basal half visible below buccula in lateral aspect. Antenna somewhat thickened, subequal to diameters of tibiae; segment I shortest; II longest, gradually enlarging apically to thickness of segments III and IV; III and IV fusiform. Pronotum in males trapeziform, wider at base than long, dull to polished, lateral margins straight or nearly so, anterior margin with a distinct narrow collar separated from calli by a transverse groove; posterior margin weakly rounded; mesoscutum partially visible to hidden by base of pronotum; scutellum equilateral. Pronotum in females more nearly quadrate, disc and calli strongly convex, with hind margin sharply sloping downward posteriorly. Hemelytra shiny to polished, lateral margins subparallel to weakly constricted near level with middle of corium, area at apex of corium and base of cuneus usually depressed; all species with two bands of loosely set, silvery, scale-like setae, one across base of clavus (and across scutellum, but usually disjunct at claval suture) and one through middle of corium and across apical third of clavus, intermixed with a row of long, erect, simple setae through middle of clavus and a few on inner corial margin bordering membrane. Cuneus and membrane fully developed in males. Claval suture absent and apex of cuneus at level across membrane abbreviated in females, exposing apical 3 or 4 abdominal segments, cuneus and membrane entirely wanting in some species. Ventral surface shiny; ostiolar area white, with a distinct knob or raised area at the end of scent channel; second visible abdominal segment with area of dense microsetae (Fig. 112), appearing as a dull or glaucous quadrate patch. Legs unmodified, except the hind tibiae in some species sometimes thickened, somewhat bowed, and laterally compressed; parempodia fleshy and convergent apically. Male aperture of genital capsule large, open, sometimes armed with small to large spines or processes around margins; left paramere variable from beak-like to more slender and apically truncate; right paramere usually with a slender main stem and various lateral arms or spines; phallotheca elongate, slender, variously apically hooked to sometimes more truncate.

Etymology

The name of this new genus is taken from the generic name Pilophoropsis Poppius and Latin suffix “idea”, meaning form or appearance, and is used to reflect the resemblance of the two genera. The gender is feminine.

Discussion

Twelve of the 15 species included in this new genus are described as new. Most are represented by only one or a few specimens, suggesting that numerous additional species likely will be discovered with more thorough collecting.
The following key includes some external characters to help distinguish species, but male genitalia (viewed caudally, usually without dissection) are required to identify members of this genus with certainty.

Key to the males of Pilophoropsidea

Key to the males of Pilophoropsidea — T. Henry

1		Pronotum dull black, surface grainy or granulate    2
–		Pronotum shiny brown to dark brown, surface polished to finely granulate    5
2		Basal half of cuneus thickly clothed with silvery scale-like setae (Fig. 55); left paramere (Fig. 220) distally beak-like with two long dorsal projections; right paramere straight with a slender lateral projection (Fig. 222); phallotheca (Fig. 221) with a long, arched apical process; margins of aperture unarmed; Mexico (Chiapas)    cuneata sp. n.
–		Basal half of cuneus devoid of silvery, scale-like setae (Fig. 68)    3
3		Ostiolar auricle, including central knob, uniformly white; left paramere (Fig. 254) globose at base with a long apical process; right paramere (Fig. 256) quadrate; phallotheca (Fig. 255) long with only a short apical hook; aperture with a broad truncate process at one o’clock position; Mexico (Guerrero)    truncata sp. n.
–		Ostiolar auricle white, but with central knob distinctly red    4
4		Head, pronotum, and hemelytra black; antennal segment II uniformly black; left paramere (Fig. 257) shallowly C-shaped without lateral processes; right paramere (Fig. 259) stout, bifurcate; phallotheca (Fig. 258) slender with a short acute, apical process; genital capsule with a large tubercle at one o’clock position above aperture rim; Mexico (Guerrero)    tuberculata sp. n.
–		Head and hemelytra reddish brown, only pronotum black; antennal segment II yellow basally, reddish brown on apical third; left paramere (Figs 250, 251) with a stout dorsal process and a smaller anteriorly directed process not visible from caudal aspect; right paramere (Fig. 253) stout with a bifurcate lateral arm; phallotheca (Fig. 252) stout with slender, apical process; aperture unarmed; Mexico (Puebla)    touchetae sp. n.
5		Right paramere C-shaped (Fig. 219) or with a long C-shaped arm (Figs 213, 233)    6
–		Right paramere simple, composed of a stout, straight main stem, with only short notches or tubercles laterally (Fig. 209)    9
6		Ostiolar auricle uniformly white, right paramere (Fig. 233) with a spine at middle; left paramere, with a long apical process and a large, wing-shaped median process (Fig. 230); phallotheca (Fig. 232) apically blunt; Mexico (Durango) and the United States (Arizona, New Mexico)    fuscata sp. n.
–		Ostiolar auricle with a red knob at middle; right paramere without a median spine; left paramere without wing-shaped process; phallotheca with a short to long, acute apical process    7
7		Right paramere (Fig. 213) forming a large open “C”; corium with relatively long, erect simple setae half or more times as long, erect setae on clavus; United States (Arizona)    barberi (Knight)
–		Right paramere (Figs 219, 245) forming a stout, tight “C”; corium with only a few short, reclining, simple setae    8
8		General coloration brown to reddish brown; main body of left paramere (Fig. 217) stout and broad; phallotheca (Fig. 218) with a long slender apex; United States (midwestern states)    camelus (Knight)
–		General coloration very dark brown to nearly black; main body of left paramere (Fig. 245) more slender with a smaller, quadrate dorsal process; phallotheca (Fig. 244) with a short, slender apex; Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosi)    schaffneri sp. n.
9		Phallotheca (Fig. 228) with a long, slender, apical process    10
–		Phallotheca (Fig. 241) apically blunt or with only a short apical process    13
10		Left paramere (Fig. 227) elongate with a long, slender, basal process or a stout median process; right paramere (Fig. 229) simple, lacking a distinct lateral tubercle or deep notch; United States (Arizona)    fascipennis (Knight)
–		Left paramere relatively stout; right paramere with a distinct lateral tubercle or notch    11
11		Left paramere (Fig. 226) with a serrate, triangular-shaped process on side; phallotheca (Fig. 225) lacking a serrate or toothed edge below decurved apical process; Mexico (Durango)    dimidiata sp. n.
–		Left paramere lacking a triangular-shaped process; phallotheca with serrations or a tooth on Edge below apical process    12
12		Right paramere (Fig. 236) with a pointed lateral process directed upward; left paramere (Fig. 234) with an elongate, apically blunt, basal process; phallotheca (Fig. 235) with a tooth and serrations below apical process; Mexico (Durango)    keltoni sp. n.
–		Right paramere (Fig. 239) with a stout, blunt, lateral process; left paramere (Fig. 237) with a stout, apically acute, basal process; phallotheca (Fig. 238) with only a tooth below apical process; Mexico (Durango)    maxima sp. n.
13		Phallotheca (Fig. 241) apically blunt; right paramere (Fig. 242) apically blunt; left paramere (Fig. 240) with two acute basal spines and slender apex notched; Mexico (Puebla)    pueblaensis sp. n.
–		Phallotheca apically acute; right paramere more apically rounded; basal process of left paramere without two acute spines and an apical notch    14
14		Dorsal edge of male genital aperture with 12 or 13 short setigerous tubercles; phallotheca (Fig. 248) with a recurved flap opposite apical process; right paramere (Fig. 249) with a quadrate lateral notch; apical section of left paramere (Figs 246, 247) dorsally acute and apically truncate; Mexico (Michoacan)    serrata sp. n.
–		Dorsal edge of male genital aperture without setigerous tubercles, instead with a larger spine over base of left paramere; phallotheca (Fig. 215) strongly serrate or toothed opposite dorsal process; apical section of left paramere (Fig. 214) dorsally rounded and apically acute; Mexico (Federal District)    brailovskyi sp. n.

Original Description

• Henry, T; 2015: Revision of the Ceratocapsine Renodaeus group: Marinonicoris, Pilophoropsis, Renodaeus, and Zanchisme, with descriptions of four new genera (Heteroptera, Miridae, Orthotylinae) ZooKeys, (490): 1-156. doi

Images

Figures 48–59. Ceratocapsidea and Pilophoropsidea spp., dorsal aspects, except as noted (see Appendix I for locality information). 48 Ceratocapsidea variabilis, ♂ (holotype) 49–59: Pilophoropsidea spp. 49 Pilophoropsidea barberi (holotype), ♂ 50 Pilophoropsidea brailovskyi, ♂ (holotype) 51 Pilophoropsidea camela, ♂ 52 Pilophoropsidea camela, ♂ (lateral aspect) 53 Pilophoropsidea camela 54 Pilophoropsidea camela, ♀ (lateral aspect) 55 Pilophoropsidea cuneata, ♂ 56 Pilophoropsidea dimidiata, ♂ (holotype) 57 Pilophoropsidea fascipennis, ♂ (holotype) 58 Pilophoropsidea fuscata, ♂ (holotype) 59 Pilophoropsidea keltoni, ♂ (holotype).  Figures 60–71. Pilophoropsidea spp., dorsal aspects, except as noted (see Appendix I for locality information). 60 Pilophoropsidea maxima, ♂ (holotype) 61 Pilophoropsidea pueblaensis, ♂ (holotype) 62 Pilophoropsidea schaffneri, ♂ (holotype) 63 Pilophoropsidea schaffneri, ♂ (lateral aspect) 64 Pilophoropsidea schaffneri (paratype) 65 Pilophoropsidea schaffneri, ♀(lateral aspect) 66 Pilophoropsidea serrata, ♂ (holotype) 67 Pilophoropsidea touchetae, ♂ (holotype) 68 Pilophoropsidea truncata, ♂ (holotype) 69 Pilophoropsidea truncata, ♂ (lateral aspect) 70 Pilophoropsidea tuberculata, ♂ (holotype) 71 Pilophoropsidea tuberculata, ♀ (paratype).  Figures 108–115. SEM photomicrographs of Pilophoropsidea camela, male. 108 head and pronotum, lateral aspect 109 head and pronotum, dorsal aspect 110 ostiolar evaporative area 111 stridulitrum on costal margin of hemelytron 112 glaucous patch (made of many tiny trichomes) at base of abdomen 113 pretarsus 114 genital capsule, caudal aspect 115 genital capsule, lateral aspect.  Figures 208–213. Male genitalia of Ceratocapsidea and Pilophoropsidea spp. 208–210: Ceratocapsidea variabilis 208 left paramere 209 phallotheca and endosoma 210 right paramere, caudal aspect 211–213: Pilophoropsidea barberi 211 left paramere 212 endosoma and phallotheca 213 right paramere, caudal aspect.  Figures 214–219. Male genitalia of Pilophoropsidea spp. 214–216: Pilophoropsidea brailovskyi 214 left paramere 215 phallotheca and endosoma 216 right paramere, caudal aspect 217–219: Pilophoropsidea camela 217 left paramere 218 endosoma and phallotheca 219 right paramere, caudal aspect.  Figures 220–226. Male genitalia of Pilophoropsidea spp. 220–222: Pilophoropsidea cuneata 220 left paramere 221 phallotheca and endosoma 222 right paramere, caudal aspect. 223–226: Pilophoropsidea dimidiata 223 left paramere, caudal aspect 224 left paramere, anterior aspect 225 endosoma and phallotheca 226 right paramere, caudal aspect.  Figures 227–233. Male genitalia of Pilophoropsidea spp. 227–229: Pilophoropsidea fascipennis 227 left paramere 228 phallotheca and endosoma 229 right paramere, caudal aspect 230–233: Pilophoropsidea fuscata 230 left paramere, caudal aspect 231 left paramere, anterior aspect 232 endosoma and phallotheca 233 right paramere, caudal aspect.  Figures 234–239. Male genitalia of Pilophoropsidea spp. 234–236: Pilophoropsidea keltoni 234 left paramere 235 phallotheca and endosoma 236 right paramere, caudal aspect 237–239: Pilophoropsidea maxima 237 left paramere 238 endosoma and phallotheca 239 right paramere, caudal aspect.  Figures 240–245. Male genitalia of Pilophoropsidea spp. 240–242: Pilophoropsidea pueblaensis 240 left paramere 241 phallotheca and endosoma 242 right paramere, caudal aspect 243–245: Pilophoropsidea schaffneri 243 left paramere 244 endosoma and phallotheca 245 right paramere, caudal aspect.  Figures 246–253. Male genitalia of Pilophoropsidea spp. 246–249: Pilophoropsidea serrata 246 left paramere, caudal aspect 247 left paramere, anterior aspect 248 phallotheca and endosoma 249 right paramere, caudal aspect 250–253: Pilophoropsidea touchetae 250 left paramere, caudal aspect 251 left paramere, anterior aspect 252 endosoma and phallotheca 253 right paramere, caudal aspect.  Figures 254–259. Male genitalia of Pilophoropsidea spp. 254–256: Pilophoropsidea truncata 254 left paramere, caudal aspect 255 phallotheca and endosoma 256 right paramere, caudal aspect 257–259: Pilophoropsidea tuberculata 257 left paramere, caudal aspect 258 endosoma and phallotheca 259 right paramere, caudal aspect.