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272E8786BD4E10429CC6FA9AFC25DDF5.text	272E8786BD4E10429CC6FA9AFC25DDF5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meschia Distant 1910	<div><p>Genus Meschia Distant, 1910</p><p>(Figs. 1–6)</p><p>Meschia Distant, 1910: 36 (original description). Type species by original designation: Meschia pugnax, Distant, 1910 . Bergroth, 1921: 113 (comment); Scudder, 1957: 28 (key spp.); Scudder, 1962: 63 (comment); Slater, 1964: 1500 (catalogue); Malipatil, 2014: 235 (redescription, key spp.); Henry et al., 2015: 460 (cited).</p><p>The following are additions to the redescription provided by Malipatil (2014):</p><p>Auricle and evaporatorium of metathoracic scent gland as in Fig. 6 a–b. Detailed structure of trichobothria and associated abdominal sternites IV and V as in Fig. 6 c–d. Bothrium not sunken below surface of the cuticle and trichomes present, with uniform spine-like microtrichia, which belong to the most common type within Lygaeoidea (Gao et al. 2017). Tibial comb of fore leg and claw complex as in Fig. 6 e–f.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/272E8786BD4E10429CC6FA9AFC25DDF5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gao, Cuiqing;Malipatil, M. B.	Gao, Cuiqing, Malipatil, M. B. (2019): Meschia zoui sp. nov., first representative of the family Meschiidae from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea). Zootaxa 4603 (1): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.9
272E8786BD4E10429CC6FE81FCAFD963.text	272E8786BD4E10429CC6FE81FCAFD963.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meschiidae Malipatil 2014	<div><p>Family Meschiidae Malipatil, 2014</p><p>(Figs. 1–6)</p><p>Meschiidae Malipatil, 2014: 233 (description, key spp.); Henry et al., 2015: 460 (cited).</p><p>Diagnosis. The following are additions to the description provided by Malipatil (2014):</p><p>Bucculae extending nearly to anterior margin of prosternum; gular groove present. Spiracles II–IV located almost on margin of sterna (Figs. 4b; 6c). Outer laterotergite II well developed, triangular in shape (Fig. 4a). Posterior margin of dorsal pygophore opening with a median indentation.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/272E8786BD4E10429CC6FE81FCAFD963	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gao, Cuiqing;Malipatil, M. B.	Gao, Cuiqing, Malipatil, M. B. (2019): Meschia zoui sp. nov., first representative of the family Meschiidae from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea). Zootaxa 4603 (1): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.9
272E8786BD4E10429CC6FD18FA51DFDD.text	272E8786BD4E10429CC6FD18FA51DFDD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meschiidae Malipatil 2014	<div><p>Key to genera and species of Meschiidae</p><p>1. Clavus punctate in three almost complete rows of punctures; hind wing lacking hamus.............. .. Meschia Distant ....2</p><p>-. Clavus punctate in two almost complete outer rows and numerous irregular punctures on inner margin area; hind wing with hamus developed as complete vein in discal cell............................... Neomeschia queenslandensis Malipatil</p><p>2. Pronotum with fuscous spots or markings.................................................................. 3</p><p>-. Pronotum without fuscous markings...................................................................... 5</p><p>3. Pronotum not only with four markings on posterior margin but also with scattered fuscous spots; corium with opaque stripe laterally............................................................................................. 4</p><p>-. Pronotum with only four irregular fuscous spots on posterior margin; corium without opaque stripe laterally........................................................................................ Meschia quadrimaculata Distant</p><p>4. Anterior margin of pronotum with fuscous spots; terga I–VI without punctures; middle part of lateral margin of dorsal pygophore opening narrowed anteriorly......................................................... Meschia zoui sp. nov.</p><p>-. Anterior margin of pronotum without fuscous spots; terga I–VI with punctures; middle part of lateral margin of dorsal pygophore opening parallel............................................................. Meschia woodwardi Scudder</p><p>5. Body and appendages uniformly pale ochraceous; clypeus reaching half of antennal segment I; antennal segment I more than twice as wide as segment II..................................................... Meschia barrowensis Malipatil</p><p>-. Body and appendages brownish ochraceous; clypeus surpassing half of antennal segment I; antennal segment I less than twice as wide as segment II................................................................ Meschia pugnax Distant</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/272E8786BD4E10429CC6FD18FA51DFDD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gao, Cuiqing;Malipatil, M. B.	Gao, Cuiqing, Malipatil, M. B. (2019): Meschia zoui sp. nov., first representative of the family Meschiidae from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea). Zootaxa 4603 (1): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.9
272E8786BD4E10479CC6F8B1FCB5DF0A.text	272E8786BD4E10479CC6F8B1FCB5DF0A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meschia quadrimaculata Distant 1910	<div><p>Meschia quadrimaculata Distant, 1910</p><p>(Figs. 1–2)</p><p>Meschia quadrimaculata Distant, 1910: 38 (original description); Scudder, 1957: 28 (in key).</p><p>Specimens examined. 1 Ƌ, INDIA: Karnataka \ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.583336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.966666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.583336/lat 12.966666)">Bangalore</a>: GKVK \ 12°58' N, 77°35' E, 930m \ 06.vi.2016. Light Trap \ Yeshwanth H.M (pr) [VAIC]. 1 ♀, INDIA: Karnataka \ <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.333333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.3/lat 13.333333)">Doddaballapura</a>, 880mt \ 13°20' N, 77°18' E \ 17. ix. 2010. Light trap \ A.N. Reddy (pr) [VAIC] .</p><p>Redescription. Colouration: Head, pronotum and scutellum ochraceous with dense brownish ochraceous punctures. Head with small conical protuberances anterior to juga pale (Fig. 1d, e). Clypeus and spots on inner side of ocelli dark brown. Antennae brown with fourth segment excluding base and apex more or less fuscous, and base of first segment yellowish brown (Fig. 1c). Pronotum with lateral margin and median longitudinal line pale. Pronotal posterior margin with four vague irregular fuscous or dark spots. Scutellum with basal part of lateral margin and median longitudinal line pale and impunctate. Corium pale ochraceous with ochraceous punctures, and also with black markings on middle of apical margin. Apical angle of corium marking with irregular dark fuscous puncture lines in one of the specimen examined. Membrane hyaline, passing apex of abdomen (Fig. 1a). Ground colour of body beneath and legs pale ochraceous. Punctures beneath head concolorous with ground color. Labium golden-orange, with tip blackish brown (Fig. 1b). Pleura scattered coarse ochraceous punctures, with a dark lateral line on each pleura. Metathoracic scent gland opening pale ochraceous, with tip fuscous. Punctures on distal upper side of femora dark. Tarsi ochraceous. Clavus dark brown. Median area of base of sterna golden-orange in one of the specimen examined.</p><p>Structure and measurements (male specimen measured): Body (Fig. 1a, b) length including wings 3.80; maximum width 1.64. Head: length 0.68; width across eyes 1.29; interocular space 0.80; interocellar space 0.41; eyeocellar space 0.16; eye length 0.32; eye width 0.24. Labium extending to middle of abdominal sternum VII, length of segments: 0.64, 0.94, 0.64, 0.60. Labrum length 0.14. Antennae (Fig. 1c), length of segments: 0.26, 0.69, 0.52, 0.67. Thorax: pronotal median length 0.85; width at anterior margin 0.83; width at posterior margin 1.50. Anterolateral angle of pronotum without a pointed extension (Fig. 1d). Scutellum length 0.69, width 0.87. Length of hemelytron 2.43; length of corium 1.64; length claval commissure 0.21. Clavus punctate in three longitudinal rows, with some scattered irregular punctures between inner two rows of punctures.</p><p>Abdomen: Connexiva exposed beyond middle of corium. Outer laterotergites bicolored, with posterolateral areas darker (Fig. 1a). Female sterna IV–VII increasingly narrowed medially and moved forward for reception of ovipositor.</p><p>Male genitalia (Fig. 2). Dorsal pygophore opening with middle part of lateral margin parallel, with a pair of small, obtuse protuberances; posterior margin of dorsal pygophore opening and cuplike sclerite not fused (Fig. 2a); median indentation in posterior margin deep and broadly rounded towards caudal end (Fig. 2a); tip of cuplike sclerite slightly narrowed, with median longitudinal ridge from lateral view. Phallus with basal apparatus, ejaculatory reservoir, helicoid process and gonoporal process sclerotized; phallotheca sclerotized, with dorsal area weakly sclerotized (rectangle highlighted area in Fig. 2d); phallotheca and conjunctiva without any processes; vesica with a lateral membranous lobe (Fig. 2c); ejaculatory reservoir well developed, with a pear-shaped body and a pair of broad wings (Fig. 2c); gonoporal process twisted about 2.5 times (Fig. 2b); secondary gonopore as in Fig. 2b. Paramere with dorsal lobe pointed and ventral lobe obtuse; middle part of blade not obviously broadened (Fig. 2e, h).</p><p>Distribution. India: East Bengal (Distant, 1910); Karnataka.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/272E8786BD4E10479CC6F8B1FCB5DF0A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gao, Cuiqing;Malipatil, M. B.	Gao, Cuiqing, Malipatil, M. B. (2019): Meschia zoui sp. nov., first representative of the family Meschiidae from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea). Zootaxa 4603 (1): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.9
272E8786BD4B10469CC6FB21FE3BDC86.text	272E8786BD4B10469CC6FB21FE3BDC86.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Meschia zoui Gao & Malipatil 2019	<div><p>Meschia zoui sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 3–6)</p><p>Type specimens. Holotype Ƌ, “&lt;Yunan, Menghai, Chengguan (hw) \ host: Ficus religiosa L. (hw) \ 19 (pr) 79. X. 6, det. Zou (hw) \ Nankai University (pr)&gt;” [ch, mounted on card, right legs missing] . Paratypes: 1 Ƌ 1 ♀, same data as holotype [ch, mounted on card]; 3 ♀ ♀ ♀, “&lt;Yunan, Menghai (hw) \ host: Ficus hookeriana Corner (hw)\ 19 (pr) 79. X. 8, det. Zou (hw) \ Nankai University (pr)&gt;” [ch, mounted on card]. All the type specimens are deposited in NKUM .</p><p>Diagnosis. Anterior and posterior margin and other parts of pronotum with scattered irregular dark spots (Fig. 3a, c); anterolateral angle of pronotum distinctly projecting laterally (Fig. 3e); hemelytron with opaque ochraceous stripe laterally (Fig. 3a, c); terga I–VI without punctures (Fig. 4a); middle part of lateral margin of dorsal pygophore opening narrowed anteriorly (Fig. 4c); vesica with an indistinct lateral membranous lobe (similar to Fig. 2c); middle part of paramere blade distinctly broader than basal part (Fig. 4c, e, h).</p><p>Description. Colouration: Head ochraceous with dense brown punctures. Median area of head fuscous in darker specimens (Fig. 3a). Small conical protuberances anterior to juga pale (Fig. 3e, f). Colour of antenna ochraceous to dark ochraceous, with segments III and IV slightly fuscous in some specimens (Fig. 3g). Pronotal posterior margin with four or six, and anterior margin with two or three vague irregular dark spots or patches; other part of pronotum also scattered fuscous spots or patches or vague irregular dark bands in some darker specimens. Scutellum ochraceous to reddish ochraceous, with anterolateral angles, tubercles on base, one third of lateral margin and apex smooth, impunctuate and pale (Fig. 3a, c). Corium ochraceous with dark markings on middle of apical margin and apical angle, unevenly scattered dark coloured punctures, so corium looks variegated. Corium subhyaline with opaque ochraceous stripe laterally. Membrane hyaline, slightly passing apex of abdomen. Ground colour of body beneath and legs pale ochraceous and with a vague fuscous band along distal part of sternum in one of the specimen examined. Punctures beneath of head darker or concolorous. Labium reaching to middle of sternite V (male) or posterior margin of sternite VII (female), with tip blackish brown. Pleura scattered with coarse dark ochraceous punctures. Metathoracic scent gland opening pale ochraceous, with tip blackish brown. Distal upper side of femora scattered dark spots. Claws dark brown. Basal part of sterna golden-orange. Outer laterotergites bicolored, with posterolateral areas darker (Fig. 3a).</p><p>Structure and measurements (male/female): Body (Fig. 3 a–d) length including wings 4.14/4.71; maximum width 1.85/2.06.</p><p>Head: Length 0.66/0.67; width across eyes 1.34/1.47; interocular space 0.83/0.98; interocellar space 0.36/0.44; eyeocellar space 0.17/0.17; eye length 0.32/0.32; eye width 0.24/0.23. Base of head with many microtrichia (Fig. 5 a–b). Antennae (Fig. 3g), length of segments: 0.31/0.30, 0.81/1.12, 0.65/0.76, 0.80/missing; antennal setae as in Fig. 5 c–e. Labrum length 0.12/0.12. Labium extending to middle of abdominal sternum V (male) or sternum VII (female), length of segments: 0.67/0.73, 0.97/1.07, 0.53/0.61, 0.73/0.81; sensilla on tip of labium as in Fig. 5f.</p><p>Thorax: Pronotum (Fig. 3a, c, e), median length 0.94/1.02; width at posterior margin 1.74/1.99; width at anterior margin 1.01/1.15. Some specimens without obvious pale median longitudinal line. Anterolateral angle of pronotum with an acutely rounded extension laterally. Scutellum length 0.79/0.99, width 0.98/1.21. Length of hemelytra 2.71/3.17; length of corium 1.78/2.09; claval commissure 0.18/0.23. Clavus either only punctate in three longitudinal rows or with scattered punctures between inner two rows of punctures. Metathoracic scent gland as in Fig. 6 a–b. Metathoracic spiracle spindle shaped, narrow, with simple filter processes (Fig. 6b) (terminology used in Kment &amp; Vilímová 2010; Kment et al. 2012). Tibial comb and claw complex as in Fig. 6 e–f.</p><p>Abdomen: Abdomen connexiva exposed beyond middle of corium in both sexes. Terga without any punctures except distal part of tergum VII slightly punctate (Fig. 4a). Outer laterotergites with fine punctures. Venter covered with sparse punctures, somewhat thickly punctate on lateral areas. Sterna III–VII increasingly greatly narrowed medially and moved forward for reception of ovipositor (Fig. 3d). Median area of sterna III and IV broadly membranous in dissected specimen (Fig. 4b). Spiracles and trichobothria as in Fig. 6 c–d.</p><p>Genitalia. Female: ovipositor and spermatheca as in Fig. 4b; spermathecal bulb moderately sclerotized, with a basal rim. Male: Dorsal pygophore opening with middle part of lateral margin narrowed anteriorly, with a pair of pointed protuberances; posterior margin of pygophore and cuplike sclerite not fused; median indentation in posterior margin shallow and narrowed towards caudal end (Fig. 4c); tip of cuplike sclerite obtusely pointed (Fig. 4c). Phallus (Fig. 4d) generally similar to that in M. quadrimaculata . Phallotheca and conjunctiva without any processes; vesica with a lateral membranous lobe; gonoporal process twisted three times (Fig. 4d). Paramere with middle part of blade obviously broader than basal part (Fig. 4c, e, h); both dorsal and ventral lobes obtuse (Fig. 4 e–h).</p><p>Distribution. China: Yunnan Province (Southern China).</p><p>Host. Ficus religiosa L. and Ficus hookeriana Corner. (Family Moraceae).</p><p>Etymology. We dedicate this species to the late Dr. Huanguang Zou, the collector of the type specimens, and a recognized specialist in Chinese Heteroptera .</p><p>Remarks. This new species is most similar to M. woodwardi in having the pronotum with scattered dark spots, the hemelytra with opaque ochraceous stripe laterally, the anterolateral angle of pronotum extended laterally, and the median part of paramere blade broad, but it can be distinguished from M. woodwardi by the anterior margin of pronotum with dark spots (vs. without dark spots); terga I–VI without punctures (vs. terga I–VI with punctures, as in Malipatil 2014: 240, fig. 16); middle part of lateral margin of dorsal pygophore opening narrowed anteriorly (vs. middle part of lateral margin of dorsal pygophore opening parallel) (as in Malipatil 2014: 240, fig. 18) and the conjunctiva without any processes (vs. conjunctiva with a pair of membranous lobes) (as in Malipatil 2014: 240, fig. 21).</p><p>The new species can be distinguished from M. quadrimaculata by the pronotum with scattered dark spots (vs. only pronotal posterior margin with four vague irregular fuscous or dark spots); and the sterna III–VII increasingly greatly narrowed medially and moved forward for reception of the ovipositor (vs. sterna IV–VII increasingly greatly narrowed medially). The new species can be distinguished from M. pugnax by the pronotum with scattered dark spots (vs. without dark markings); the corium with opaque ochraceous stripe laterally (vs. without opaque ochraceous stripe laterally); the terga I–VI impunctate (vs. terga I–VI punctate); and the middle part of lateral margin of dorsal pygophore opening narrowed anteriorly (vs. middle part of lateral margin of dorsal pygophore opening parallel). The characters that distinguish the new species from all described members of the family Meschiidae are also provided in the key above.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/272E8786BD4B10469CC6FB21FE3BDC86	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gao, Cuiqing;Malipatil, M. B.	Gao, Cuiqing, Malipatil, M. B. (2019): Meschia zoui sp. nov., first representative of the family Meschiidae from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea). Zootaxa 4603 (1): 172-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.9
