Campylomma khuzestanicum Linnavuori 2010, sp. nov
| Main Author: | Linnavuori, Rauno E. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
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, 2010
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/5346983 |
Daftar Isi:
- Campylomma khuzestanicum sp. nov. (Figs. 5A–F, 26B) Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, IRAN: KHUZESTAN: Zeydoon, 26.–28.iv.2007. PARATYPES: J, IRAN: KHUZESTAN: Zeydoon, 26.–28.iv.2007; J, near Ahvaz, 29.iv.–1.v.2007. The types will be deposited at the National Museum and Galleries of Wales (Cardiff, United Kingdom). Description. Length: 2.75 mm (J). Colouration (Fig. 26B). Head black or blackish with basal margin of vertex sometimes paler; tylus always black. Eyes reddish. Antennae yellow, immaculate, antennomere 4 slightly darker. Pronotum dark yellowish brown, apical margin dark brown. Scutellum black with basal lateral angles yellow-brown. Hemelytra yellowish with dark brown transverse area from apical part of clavus to mesocorium, exocorium and cuneus immaculate, extreme inner margin of clavus sometimes reddish; membrane pale brownish, veins pale. Ventral surface blackish. Rostrum and legs pale yellowish. Femora with black spots, pattern of ventral surface of hind femora as in Fig. 5A. Tibiae with black spines arising from small black dots. Structure. Body elongately ovate, about 2.8× as long as basal width of pronotum. Dorsal pubescence pale and adpressed. Head 0.70–0.75× as long as basal width of pronotum; ocular index 1.35–1.53. Length ratios of antennomeres 10: 42: 21: 18, antennomere 1 0.22–0.24× as long as diatone, antennomere 2 relatively incrassate, 0.91–1.02× as long as diatone and 0.68–0.72× as long as basal width of pronotum. Rostrum extending to middle coxae. Pronotum 1.9–2.0× as broad as long in middle. Male genitalia as in Fig. 5B–F. Pygophore elongately conical. Vesica gracile with a slender and sharp apical process. Differential diagnosis. Campylomma khuzestanicum sp. nov. belongs to the group of species with uniformly pale antennae. It is easily recognized by the colouration with blackish head, dark pronotum, black scutellum and a dark pattern on the hemelytra. Habitat. Collected at light on a river bank with Tamarix and Phragmites and in a date-palm garden with rich undergrowth and a little brook with Phragmites. Etymology. Named after the type locality. Distribution. So far known only from Iran.
- Published as part of Linnavuori, Rauno E., 2010, Studies on the Miridae (Phylinae, addenda to Deraeocorinae and Orthotylinae) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), pp. 369-414 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2) on pages 379-380, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5326810