Mystilus Distant, 1904
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4711.1.6 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4D1DFA87-BCB3-4807-A9E9-17456B8C7207 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5623469 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1446826C-980F-FFD9-1BAB-F85599B8FE40 |
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Plazi |
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Mystilus Distant, 1904 |
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Mystilus Distant, 1904 View in CoL View at ENA
Mystilus Distant,1904: 420 View in CoL (as new genus). Mystilus: Lansbury 1963: 7 View in CoL (diagnosis, key of species); Pathak 1969: 17 (key of Indian species); Schuh 1995: 684 (catalog); Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 202 (catalog); Schuh 2002 –2013 (online catalog). Type species by original designation: Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904 View in CoL , monobasic.
Diagnosis. Proportionally smaller bug, total length ranging from 3.75 to 5 mm. Appendices (antenna and legs) proportionally shorter. First antennal segment thicker, about as long as the head and pronotum together. Labium elongate, reaching the fifth or the sixth abdominal segment ( Lansbury 1963). Apex of femora widened. Cuneus barely longer than wide at base. Ostiolar peritreme dark brown. Left paramere with short, thin setae subapically on its dorso-outer margin. Body of right paramere wide, frequently swollen.
Distribution. India ( Assam, Kerala), Myanmar, Philippine Islands (Luzon, Mindanao), Sri Lanka.
Four species in India.
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Mecistoscelini |
Mystilus Distant, 1904
| Yeshwanth, H. M. & Chérot, F. 2019 |
Mystilus
| Pathak, P. K. 1969: 17 |
| Lansbury, I. 1963: 7 |