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Chlamydatus pulicarius Fallen 1807

Description

Chlamydatus pulicarius (Fallén, 1807)

(Figs. 3–4, 10, 14–15, 21–23)

Lygaeus pulicarius Fallén, 1807: 95.

Orthocephalus flavipes Matsumura, 1911: 39.

Chlamydatus pulicarius: Wagner and Weber, 1964: 426; Kelton, 1965: 1132; Kerzhner, 1978: 44; Bao­ying Qi. and Nonnaizab, 1995: 61; Tamanini, 1982: 127; Schuh and Schwartz, 2005: 42.

Diagnosis: Recognized by the relatively large size, total length 2.65–3.24, the often ovate to obovate body form, submacropterous and the hemelytra just covering the abdomen (Fig. 4), or macropterous, and the unicolorous black dorsum. The coloration of antennal segments I and II varying from yellow to entirely black. Femora dark with pale distal bands or not (Figs. 14–15). Most easily confused with C. pullus, but C. pulicarius total length 2.65 or more, whereas C. pullus always less than 2.40.

Male genitalia (Figs. 21–23): Vesica convoluted, and with a long, apical process and not tapering towards apex; secondary gonopore well sclerotized, distant from apex of vesica; apical portion of phallotheca elongate.

Specimens Examined: CHINA: Hebei Province: Weichang County (41°15'N, 117°12'E), 7 males, 6 females, 17–19.vii.2000, Huai­jun Xue leg.. Nei Mongol Autonomous Region: Alihe (50°34'N, 123°42'E), 4 males, 6 females, 11.vii.1988, Hongyang Li leg.; Bugt (48°46'N, 121°53'E), 5 males, 4 females, 4.vii.1988, Hong­yang Li leg.; Mordaga (51°17'N, 120°43'E), 1 male, 3 females, 8.vii.1988, Hong­yang Li leg.; Tomortei (41°52'N, 113°8'E), 2 males, 16 females, 12–13.vii.2000, Huai­jun Xue and Chang­fa Zhou leg.. Jilin Province: Changbai Mountains (42°2'N, 128°8'E), alt. 1100m, 2 males, 1 female, 2.vii.1986, Hong­yang Li and Wen­jun Bu leg.. Heilongjiang Province: Mohe County (53°1'N, 122°27'E), 1 male, 3 females, 7.vii.1984, Ping­ping Chen leg.; Yichun City (47°42'N, 128°56'E), 2 males, 2 females, 21.vii.1980, Le­yi Zheng leg.. Sichuan Province: Zoigé County (Dagcagoin) (33°37'N, 102°57'E), alt. 3300m, 72 males, 47 females, 25–26.vii.1963, Sheng­li Liu, Jiang Xiong and Huan­guang Zou leg.. Qinghai Province: Hui Autonous county of Menyuan (37°22'N, 101°38'E), 12 males, 2 females, 20.vii.1989, Le­yi Zheng leg.. Ningxia Province: Liupan Mountains (35°24'N, 106°14'E), 1 male, 2 females, 7.viii.1987.

Distribution: China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Qinghai, Ningxia), Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Germany, England, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Canada, and USA.

Other

Published as part of Li, Xiao-Ming & Liu, Guo-Qing, 2006, A study on genus Chlamydatus Curtis, 1833 from China (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), pp. 57-68 in Zootaxa 1271 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173273

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Miridae
Genus
Chlamydatus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hemiptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Fallen
Species
pulicarius
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Chlamydatus pulicarius Fallen, 1807 sec. Li & Liu, 2006

References

  • Fallen, C. F. (1807) Monographia Cimicum Sveciae. Hafniae: C. G. proft, 123 pp.
  • Matsumura, S. (1911) Erster Beitrag zur Insekten-Fauna von Sachalin. Journal of the College of Agriculture, Tohoku Imperial University, 4, 39 - 41.
  • Wagner, E. & Weber, H. H. (1964) Heteropteres Miridae. Faune de France, 67, 426 - 428.
  • Kelton, L. A. (1965) Chlamydatus Curtis in North America (Hemiptera: Miridae). Canadian Entomolist, 97, 1132 - 1144.
  • Kerzhner, I. M. (1978) Bugs (Heteroptera) of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Trudy Biologo-pochvennogo Instituta Dal'nevostochnoe Otdelenie Akademiya Nauk SSSR (N. S.), 50, 31 - 57.
  • Qi, B. Y. & Nonnaizab. (1995) Notes on Miridae from Northern China (2) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of Inner Mongolia Normal University, 2, 61 - 62.
  • Tamanini, L. (1982) Gli Eterotteri dell'Alto Adige (Insecta: Heteroptera). Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, Acta Biologica, 59, 127 - 194.
  • Schuh, R. T. & Schwartz, M. D. (2005) Review of North American Chlamydatus Curtis Species, with New Synonymy and the Description of Two New Species (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae). American Museum of Natural History, 3471, 55 pp.