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Fulvius Stal 1862

  • 1. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Entomologia (Full Professor retired), Avenida Peter Henry Rolfs, s / n, Viçosa, MG 36570 - 900, Brazil.
  • 2. Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural, Rua Afonso Sarlo, 160, Bento Ferreira, Vitória / ES 29052 - 010, Brazil.
  • 3. Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Bacharelando em Cooperativismo, Departamento de Economia Rural, Edifício Edson Potsch Magalhães-R. Purdue, Campus Universitário, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  • 4. Instituto Capixaba de Pesquisa, Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural (Incaper), Domingos Martins, ES, Brazil.

Description

Genus Fulvius Stål

Type species: Fulvius anthocoroides Stål, 1862. Monotypic.

Diagnosis. Body length 1.4 to 5.5 mm, dark castaneous to brown, with whitish spots in the center of clavus and the base of cuneus. Head elongate and produced beyond the bases of the antennae; eyes ventrally reaching the long gula; frons horizontal or nearly so; labium extending to the posterior coxae or beyond. Pronotum trapeziform with rounded lateral borders and a sinuate posterior margin; collar prominent; calli large and confluent, occupying twothirds of the anterior portion of pronotum. Mesoscutum mostly visible. Macropterous with subparallel hemelytra, a well-developed membrane, and two closed cells. Ostiolar peritreme opening very reduced. Legs long and slender; hind tibiae longer than pro-or mesotibiae; tarsi 2-segmented with slender claws and a subapical tooth (Ferreira & Henry 2002).

Remarks. Fulvius is a global genus with around 80 species worldwide (Schuh 2002 –2013). Carvalho (1956) published a key to Micronesian species; Carvalho and Gagné (1968), a key to Galapagos species; Capriles (1969), a description and key to Puerto Rican species; and Kelton (1985), a key to Canadian species and discussion. Carvalho & Costa (1994) reviewed the Fulvius species for North, Central, and South America with illustrations of habitus, male genitalia features, diagnosis, and a species key; Gorczyca (2000), gave synonymies, diagnoses, redescriptions, and key to Afrotropical species; Ferreira & Henry (2002) diagnosed the genus, gave biological notes, and a biogeographic overview; Sadowska-Woda et al. (2006) discussed the structure of female genitalia; and Yasunaga & Miyamoto (2006) diagnosed, discussed, and provided a key to Japanese species (Schuh 2002 –2013). The first analyses of phylogenetic relationships within the genus Fulvius based on DNA sequence were published by Sadowska-Woda et al. (2008). Phylogenetic interrelationships within the genus Fulvius were investigated using partial DNA sequence data from two mitochondrial genes: the 16S ribosomal large subunit and cytochrome oxidase I (COI). Specimens are easily collected in a light trap. Characters from the male genitalia of Fulvius are essential for species identification.

Notes

Published as part of Ferreira, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza, Martins, David Dos Santos, Ferreira, Luciano Santana Fiuza & Fornazier, Maurício José, 2024, Synopsis of Miridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in Atlantic Forest Dominion, Espírito Santo State, Brazil: keys, diagnoses, new species, plant associations, and geographic distribution. Part I: Bryocorinae, Cylapinae and Deraeocorinae., pp. 201-254 in Zootaxa 5468 (2) on page 235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11615431

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Fulvius
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Fulvius Stal, 1862 sec. Ferreira, Martins, Ferreira & Fornazier, 2024

References

  • Stal, C. (1862) Hemiptera Mexicana enumeravit speciesque novas descripsit. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 23, 289 - 325.
  • Ferreira, P. S. F. & Henry, T. J. (2002) Description of two new species of Fulvius Stal (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) from Brazil, with biological and biogeographic notes on the genus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 104 (1), 56 - 62.
  • Schuh, R. T. (2002 - 2013) On-line Systematic Catalog of Plant Bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae). Available from: http: // research. amnh. org / pbi / catalog / (accessed 17 September 2023)
  • Carvalho, J. C. M. (1956) Insects of Micronesia: Miridae. Vol. 7. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, 100 pp.
  • Carvalho, J. C. M. & Gagne, W. C. (1968) Miridae of the Galapagos Islands (Heteroptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 36 (4), 147 - 219.
  • Capriles, J. M. (1969) The Miridae of Puerto Rico (Insecta, Hemiptera). Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Paper, 45, 1 - 34.
  • Kelton, L. A. (1985) Species of the genus Fulvius found in Canada (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae). Canadian Entomologist, 117, 1071 - 1073. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 1171071 - 9
  • Carvalho, J. C. M. & Costa, L. A. A. (1994) The genus Fulvius from the Americas (Hemiptera: Miridae). Anales del Instituto de Biologia de la Universidad Nacional Autonomo de Mexico, Zoologia, 65 (1), 63 - 135.
  • Gorczyca, J. (2000) A systematic study on Cylapinae with a revision of the Afrotropical Region (Heteroptera, Miridae). Wydawnictqo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego, Katowice, 176 pp.
  • Sadowska-Woda, I., Cherot, F. & Gorczyca, J. (2006) Contribution to the study of the female genitalia of twelve Fulvius species (Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae). Denisia, 19, 617 - 636.
  • Yasunaga, T. & Miyamoto S. (2006) Second report on the Japanese cylapine plant bugs (Heteroptera, Miridae, Cylapinae), with descriptions of five new species. Denisia, 19, 721 - 735.
  • Sadowska-Woda, I., Cherot, F. & Malm, T. (2008) A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the genus Fulvius Stal (Hemiptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) based on molecular data. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 39 (4), 407 - 417. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 187631208788784291