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Cleotomiris schneirlai Schuh 1984

Description

Cleotomiris schneirlai Schuh, 1984

(Figs. 4 D̄F, 6B, 8, 16A)

Cleotomiris schneirlai Schuh, 1984: 89 (n. sp.); 1995: 211 (cat.); Yasunaga, 2001: 146 (diag.).

Diagnosis. Recognized by its smaller sized body; dark brown or castaneous basic coloration with paler hemelytron and appendages; contrastingly whitish or pale areas on the hemelytron anteriorly and posteriorly; large eyes; and form of male genital structures (Figs. 4 D̄E, 6B, 8). For detailed description see Schuh (1984: 89; figs. 265̄269).

Female. GENITALIA (Fig. 16 A): Sclerotized rings thin rimmed, with wide and straight basal margin, and anteriorly narrow.

Measurements. (♂ / ♀) (n= 2/2). Body length 2.90̄2.95/ 2.92̄3.10; length from apex of tylus to cuneal fracture 2.04̄2.08/ 2.14̄2.15; width of head across eyes 0.66̄0.69/ 0.62̄0.65; width of vertex 0.19̄0.21/ 0.22̄0.24; lengths of antennal segments ĪIV 0.21̄0.22, 0.92̄0.94, 0.40̄0.42, 0.40/ 0.20̄0.21, 0.86̄0.94, 0.40̄0.45, 0.38; length of labium 1.18̄1.22/ 1.20̄1.25; mesal length of pronotum 0.61̄0.65/ 0.65̄0.66; basal width of pronotum 0.98̄0.96/ 0.98̄0.99; width across hemelytron 0.94̄0.98/ 1.11̄1.14; length of metafemora, tibiae and tarsus 0.94̄1.00, 1.30̄1.38, 0.24̄0.28/ 1.00̄1.02, 1.32̄1.38, 0.22̄0.25.

Distribution. Philippines (Biliran, Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Palawan). (Schuh, 1984).

Specimens examined. PHILIPPINES: Luzon: 2♂, Laguna Province, Mt. Maquiling, 400 m, 13.ix.1985, M. Tomokuni (NSMT). Palawan: 1♂, 1♀, nr. Narra, Trident mines, 500 m, 4.ix.1985, M. Sakai (NSMT); 1♀, Matalangao, 150 m, 29.viii.1985, M. Tomokuni (NSMT).

Notes

Published as part of Duwal, Ram Keshari, Yasunaga, Tomohide, Tomokuni, Masaaki, Nakatani, Yukinobu & Hirowatari, Toshiya, 2017, Further records on the plant bug tribe Hallodapini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) in Asia, with proposition of two new species and a new synonymy, pp. 401-424 in Zootaxa 4258 (5) on pages 407-408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/570399

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NSMT
Event date
1985-08-29 , 1985-09-04 , 1985-09-13
Family
Miridae
Genus
Cleotomiris
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Schuh
Species
schneirlai
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1985-08-29 , 1985-09-04 , 1985-09-13
Taxonomic concept label
Cleotomiris schneirlai Schuh, 1984 sec. Duwal, Yasunaga, Tomokuni, Nakatani & Hirowatari, 2017

References

  • Schuh, R. T. (1984) Revision of the Phylinae (Hemiptera, Miridae) of the Indo-Pacific. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 177, 1 ‾ 476.
  • 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. 1 ‾ 96, 111 ‾ 351. [in Japanese]