Wygomiris Schuh

Yasunaga, Tomohide, 2012, Review of the phyline plant bug tribe Auricillocorini from Asia, with descriptions of a new genus and nine new species from Japan, Nepal and Thailand (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae), Zootaxa 3530, pp. 1-24 : 16-18

Wygomiris Schuh

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Wygomiris Schuh, 1984: 96 (n. gen.), type species by original designation: W. mingorum Schuh, 1984 ; Schuh, 1995: 211 (cat.).

Diagnosis. Recognized by the non-antlike form (conventional mirid habitus as in Fig. 10 ), simply brownish to fuscous general coloration, mixed dorsal vestiture of recumbent, sericeous setae and semierect, simple setae, more or less terete antennal segments II–IV, trapezoidal pronotum with a distinct collar, exposed mesoscutum, moderately protruding evaporative area of the ostiolar peritreme, weakly fleshy, apically convergent parempodia, slender, rather elongate endosoma sometimes with a few apical spines and a small secondary gonopore ( Fig. 11 ), and developed female bursa copuratrix with enlarged, ovoid sclerotized rings and continuous dorsal and ventral labiate plates ( Fig. 9 ).

Discussion. Differing from other auricillocorines, members of Wygomiris have the non-antlike, or conventional mirid habitus, the distinct pronotal collar, the castaneous hemelytron without any distinct white maculae posterior to the scutellum, and the weakly fleshy, apically convergent parempodia. They are at first sight very similar to certain species of the Orthotylinae (e.g., members of Ceratocapsus group known from the New World; visit the following webpage for further information: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/ 20q?search= Ceratocapsus ).

Schuh (1984) mentioned that several undescribed species of Wygomiris occur in the Philippines and New Guinea. Therefore, the distribution of this genus now ranges from the Oriental Himalayas to the Australian Region. Four species described by Schuh (1984) were all based only on holotypes, and 13 specimens are additionally examined in this study. Because of difficulty to collect enough material, no information is currently available on the biology for Wygomiris .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Metathoracic scent-efferent system of 10 nominal species of Auricillocorini named on the figure.

FIGURE 4. Male genital segment (pygophore) of species of Artchawakomius, Cleotomiris, Cleotomiroides and Wygomiris named on the figure.

FIGURE 9. Female genitalia of species of Artchawakomius, Cleotomiris, Cleotomiroides and Wygomiris named on the figure.

FIGURE 10. Habitus images of Wygomiris species, living individuals taken in Thailand (A – B) and Nepal (E – F). A – B W. kaliyahae: holotype male (AMNH _ PBI 00379521); B, female (00379524). C – D W. nanae, holotype female (00379518). E – F W. ramae: E, female (00379529); F, female (00379527).

FIGURE 11. Male genitalia of Wygomiris species named on the figure.

FIGURE 12. Inferred phylogenetic relationships of Auricillocorini, modified from Schuh (1984). Numbers of apomorphic states of characters corresponding to those mentioned in Appendix section; homoplasious characters indicated by italics.