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Myiomma Puton 1872, sp. nov.

Description

Myiomma Puton, 1872

Myiomma austroccidens Yasunaga, Yamada & Tsai sp. nov. — Taiwan (Nantou, Taichung), Ryukyus (Amami- Oshima) and Yakushima Island—Unknown.

Myiomma choui Lin & Yang, 2004 — Taiwan (Hualien, Nantou)—Unknown.

Myiomma kentingense Yasunaga, Yamada & Tsai sp. nov. —Taiwan (Nantou, Pingtung)— Fraxinus griffithii (tree trunk).

Myiomma minutum Miyamoto, 1965 (Figs 2E–F, 4H–I, 9F–G)—Ryukyus (Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands)—Several adults were found on Fraxinus griffithii on Ishigaki Island. Note: The live individuals (Fig. 2E–F) of this species are shown for the first time. Myiomma minutum can be distinguished from the assumed closest congener, M. samuelsoni, by the almost uniformly dark or reddish brown metafemur (cf. Fig. 4H).

Myiomma samuelsoni Miyamoto, 1965 (Fig. 4F–G, 7G–I)—Ryukyus (Okinawa, Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands)— Both adults and nymphs were found on Fraxinus griffithii. Note: Lin & Yang (2004, 2005 for the male genitalia) reported this taxon from Taiwan, based on examination of 13 specimens collected using Malaise traps at Wanfeng, Taichung. However, our recent examination revealed that these specimens do not correspond to M. samuelsoni but represent an undescribed species (M. austroccidens sp. nov., see below descriptions). Accordingly, M. samuelsoni is excluded from Taiwanese fauna.

Myiomma takahashii Yasunaga & M. Hayashi, 2002 (Fig. 4J)—Ryukyus (Ishigaki Island)—This species is known to inhabit the trunk of Fraxinus griffithii, where any of seven isometopines, M. Astroscopometopus gryllocephalus, Isometopus ishigaki, I. takaii, Kohnometopus fraxini, Myiomma takahashii, M. minutum and M. samuelsoni, frequently co-occur (Yasunaga, 2001; 2005).

Myiomma zhengi Lin & Yang, 2004 — Taiwan (Hualien, Taitung, Taoyuan)—Unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Yasunaga, Tomohide, Yamada, Kazutaka & Tsai, Jing-Fu, 2017, Taxonomic review of the plant bug subfamily Isometopinae for Taiwan and Japanese Southwest Islands, with descriptions of new taxa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Isometopinae), pp. 421-439 in Zootaxa 4365 (4) on page 424, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1119207

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Puton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Miridae
Genus
Myiomma
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Myiomma Puton, 1872 sec. Yasunaga, Yamada & Tsai, 2017

References

  • Lin, C. S. & Yang, C. T. (2004) Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Taiwan. Formosan Entomologist, 24, 27 - 42.
  • Yasunaga, T. & Hayashi, M. (2002) New or little known isometopine plant bugs from Japan (Heteroptera: Miridae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 145, 95 - 101. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 22119434 - 900000103
  • Yasunaga, T. (2001) Family Miridae Hahn, plant bugs. In: Yasunaga, T., Takai, M. & Kawasawa, T. (Eds.), A Field Guide to Japanese Bugs II. Zenkoku Noson Kyoiku Kyokai, Publishing Co. Ltd., Tokyo, pp. 2 - 96, 112 - 351. [in Japanese]
  • Yasunaga, T. (2005) Isometopine plant bugs (Heteroptera: Miridae) preferably inhabiting Fraxinus griffithii on Ishigaki Island of the Ryukyus, Japan. Tidjschrift voor Entomologie, 148, 341 - 349. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 22119434 - 900000179