Chelyolygus, Yasunaga, 2024

Yasunaga, Tomohide, 2024, New genera and species of the ‘ Lygus-complex’ ranging from the Himalaya-Oriental to the Wallacea region (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 72, pp. 371-423 : 375

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2024-0030

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1F1754CC-6835-4B66-AB5C-FA22AC85D481

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14682950

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2879F-FFB9-3B0A-16BD-FC73FCB1FA9C

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Felipe

scientific name

Chelyolygus
status

gen. nov.

Key to species of Chelyolygus , new genus

1. Scutellum with a dark, broad, median stripe in whole length; posterior part of corium uniformly fuscous ( Fig. 1C, E View Fig ); Indonesia (Bali) ................................... C. cheroti , new species

– Scutellum pale, or with a triangular mark anteriorly ( Fig. 1E View Fig ) or with faint, brown, narrow, mesal stripe ( Fig. 1G View Fig ); posterior part of corium with noticeable pale portions .........................2

2. Basic colouration pale orange-brown ( Fig. 1I, J View Fig ); both pronotum and hemelytra almost glabrous, very shiny; basal half of cuneus fuscous; Taiwan (Pingtung) ...................................................... ............... C. bipuncticollis ( Poppius, 1915) , new combination

– Basic colouration pale brown, or milky- or ivory-brown; pronotum and/or hemelytra setose; base of cuneus always pale (median part of cuneus sometimes darkened)........................3

3. Apex of scutellum and inner margin of clavus (at least anterior half) infuscate..........................................................................4

– Entire scutellum and inner margin of clavus pale.................6

4. Base of antennomere II darkened; cuneus sometimes with a circular spot medially ( Fig. 7A, B View Fig ); Indochina ( Thailand and Vietnam) ...................................... C. wolskiorum , new species

– Base of antennomere II pale; cuneus entirely pale, sometimes with obscure inner margin ......................................................5

5. Male antennomere II dark brown, with pale basal ¼–¼ ( Fig. 4A, B View Fig ); female metafemur shorter than basal width of pronotum; Taiwan.... C. fuhoshoensis ( Poppius, 1915) , new combination

– Male antennomere II pale brown, with darkened apical ¼–⅓ ( Fig. 4F, G View Fig ); female metafemur equal in length to basal width of pronotum; Nepal (lowland) ........ C. parsanus , new species

6. Dorsum with clear striped pattern; base of antennomere II pale ( Fig. 6B, F View Fig ); corium and clavus with brown, narrow, continuous stripes along wing veins and fractures ( Fig. 6A, F View Fig ); Singapore.............................. C. virgulatellus , new species

– Dorsum widely whitish, without clear striped pattern; base of antennomere II darkened; corium and clavus with greyish brown, interrupted, fragmentary stripes ( Fig. 1A View Fig ); Bali .......... .................................................... C. tabananicus , new species

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

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