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Apolygopsis fuhoshoensis Yasunaga & Schwartz & Chérot 2018

  • 1. Research Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA, c / o Nameshi
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  • 3. Département de l'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole, Service Public de Wallonie, Gembloux, BE- 5030, Belgium;

Description

Apolygopsis fuhoshoensis

(Poppius, 1915) comb. nov.

Lygus fuhoshoensis Poppius, 1915: 27 (original description).

Apolygus fuhoshoensis: LU & ZHENG (1998b): 188 (new combination); KERZHNER & JOSIFOV (1999): 63 (catalog); ZHENG et al. (2004): 149 (diagnosis).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ♁, TAIWAN: Fuhosho, Formosa [currently Nantou City], 7 Sep, H. Sauter (without USIs, image examined, DEIC).

Distribution. P. R. China (Yunnan) (ZHENG et al. 2004), Taiwan (Nantou) (POPPIUS 1915).

Comments. As in Apolygopsis eoa based on the small size, brown tibial spines and two long processes at apex of right paramere in the holotype (images available from http://twinsecttype.nmns.edu.tw/specimen/?id=NMNSSDEI-00185), Lygus fuhoshoensis should also be placed in Apolygopsis, instead of Apolygus. This species can be distinguished from A. eoa by the pale brown general colouration and uniformly pale cuneus. Measurements were provided by ZHENG et al. (2004): Body length 3.92, maximum width 1.71; width of head across eyes 0.85; vertex width 0.25; lengths of antennal segment I 0.50, II 1.30, III 0.83, IV 0.43; pronotum length 0.86; and pronotal width 1.49.

Notes

Published as part of Yasunaga, Tomohide, Schwartz, Michael D. & Chérot, Frédéric, 2018, Review of the plant bug genus Prolygus and related mirine taxa from eastern Asia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), pp. 357-388 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 58 (2) on page 374, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0030, http://zenodo.org/record/4504807

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References

  • POPPIUS B. 1915: H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Nabidae, Anthocoridae, Termatophylidae, Miridae, Isometopidae und Ceratocombidae (Hemiptera). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 80 A (8) [1914]: 1 - 80. [Published in March 1915].
  • LU N. & ZHENG L. Y. 1998 b: Identity of some ' Lygus' species described from Taiwan by Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 140: 185 - 189.
  • KERZHNER I. M. & JOSIFOV M. 1999: Family Miridae Hahn, 1833. Pp. 1 - 576. In: AUKEMA B. & RIEGER CH. (eds.): Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 3. Cimicomorpha II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiv + 577 pp.
  • ZHENG L. Y., LU N., LIU G. & XU B. 2004: Hemiptera, Miridae, Mirinae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta. Vol. 33. Science Press, Beijing, xix + 797 pp., 8 pls. (in Chinese, with English keys and descriptions of new taxa).