Bothriomiris Kirkaldy

(Figures 1–4, 19–38, 42–43, 48, 49)

Bothriomiris Kirkaldy 1902: 270, type species by monotypy: Capsus dissimulans Walker, 1873 = Bothriomiris marmoratus Kirkaldy, 1902 (synonymized by Distant 1904b)

Bothriomiris: Distant 1904a: 469 [redescription], 1904b: 112 [list]; Kirkaldy 1906: 145 [list]; Reuter 1910: 154 [list and taxonomy], 1912: 43 [taxonomy]; Bergroth 1910: 235 [diagnosis], 1920: 70; Carvalho 1955: 18 [key to genera], 1957: 26 [catalog]; Carvalho & Lorenzato 1978: 121 [diagnosis]; Schuh 1995: 20 [catalog]; Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 10 [catalog]; Gorczyca 2000: 47 [list]; Yasunaga 2000: 185, 203 [diagnosis, key to Japanese species]; Gorczyca 2006: 9 [catalog]; Yasunaga & Miyamoto 2006: 721 –722 [diagnosis, key to Japanese species].

Bothriomiridius Poppius 1915: 44 (synonymized by Carvalho 1952: 49), type species: Bothriomiridius lugubris Poppius, 1915 (original designation).

Bothriomiridius: Bergroth 1920: 70; Carvalho 1957: 26 [catalog]; Schuh 1995: 20 [catalog]; Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 10 [catalog].

Diagnosis. Bothriomiris is recognized by the following combination of characters: dorsum covered with dense, semierect or erect setae (Figs. 23, 30–31, 48); head rugose (Figs. 42–43); pronotal calli convex, sometimes occupying most of anterior lobe (Figs. 1–4); metepisternum covered with more or less densely distributed punctures (Figs. 25–26); peritreme usually obtuse, covered with microtrichae; scutellum nearly flattened or weakly arched (Figs. 1–4, 48–49); cuneus longer than its width (Figs. 1–4, 48); endosoma usually missing at least one endosomal sclerite; DSS usually thin, nearly parallel-sided along entire length relative to the ductus seminis (Fig. 36).

Remarks. The genus Bothriomiris is most similar to Dashymeniella and Leprocapsus in having the dense punctation on metepisternum (Figs. 25–26, 52–53), the antennal segment I narrowed at basal one fourth (Figs. 28, 94), and the relatively thin antennal segment II, covered with moderately dense setae (Figs. 29, 48, 95). However, Bothriomiris can be separated from the latter two genera by the structure of the head, with the frons flattened at apex in Bothriomiris (Figs. 42–43), while in Dashymeniella and Leprocapsus the frons is characteristically rounded and convex apically (Figs. 46–47). Further, the clypeus in Bothriomiris is basally concave and nearly parallel-sided along whole its distal length whereas it is rounded, swollen, and broadened at basal one third in Dashymeniella and Leprocapsus . The scutellum in Bothriomiris is nearly flat or weakly arched (Figs. 1–4, 48–49), while in Dashymeniella and Leprocapsus the scutellum possesses distinct medial longitudinal swelling ( Dashymeniella, Figs. 13–17, 52) or is strongly convex ( Leprocapsus, Figs. 18, 54). The endosoma in most species of Bothriomiris, -including the type species Bothriomiris dissimulans - is simple with a thin DSS and the other sclerites absent (see Yasunaga 2000: Fig. 85; Gorczyca 2005: Fig. 4; Yasunaga & Miyamoto 2006: Fig. 3 F) or weakly developed (Fig. 36) while in Dashymeniella (Figs. 96, 99, 102, 105) and Leprocapsus (Wolski, submitted) the endosoma has the DSS broadened and the other sclerites well developed.