Pseudoloxops Kirkaldy, 1905

Yasunaga, Tomohide & Duwal, Ram Keshari, 2017, Plant bugs of the tribe Orthotylini (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae) in Thailand, with descriptions of five new species, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65, pp. 280-298 : 282

Genus Pseudoloxops Kirkaldy, 1905

P. ayutthaya Yasunaga & Yamada, 2009 ( Fig. 8A–C ) — Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima *, Phranakhon-Sri-Ayutthaya). Note: This uniquely pale green species is known to be associated with inflorescence of a fabaceous broadleaf, Leucaena sp. ( Fig. 8A, B ); the final-instar immature form has the reddish margins of pronotum ( Fig. 8C ).

P. hibiscus Yasunaga , new species — Thailand (Rayong: Ban Phe coast).

P. lateralis ( Poppius, 1915) ( Figs. 7C, D , 9C, D, K , 10E, F ) — Thailand (Chaiyaphum *, Mae Hong Son *, Nakhon Ratchasima), Taiwan. Note: This species was recently reported from Thailand and is suspected to be a senior synonym of P. marginatus Zou, 1987 known from Hainan Island, China ( Yasunaga & Takai, 2017).

P. leopardalis Yasunaga , new species — Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima).

P. pardellus Yasunaga , new species — Thailand (Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima).

P. pericarti Yasunaga & Yamada, 2009 ( Fig. 8D ) — Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima).

Figures

Fig. 8. Habitus images of Thai species of Pseudoloxops and Zanchius group. A, P. ayutthaya, male; B, P. ayutthaya, female; C, P. ayutthaya, final-instar nymph; D, P. pericarti, male; E, P. pericarti female; F, P. pardellus, male; G, P. pardellus, males; H, P. pardellus, female; I, unidentified species close to Zanchius marmoratus Zou, 1987 (SERS).

Fig. 7. Habitus images of Thai Pseudoloxops species. A, P. hibiscus, holotype male; B, P. hibiscus, female; C, P. lateralis, male; D, P. lateralis, female; E, P. leopardalis, holotype male.

Fig. 9. Habitus images of Pseudoloxops species, dried specimens (except for F & I in live). A, P. hibiscus, holotype male; B, P. hibiscus, female; C, P. lateralis, male (SERS); D, P. lateralis, female (SERS); E, P. leopardalis, holotype male; F, G, P. pardellus, male; H, P. pardellus, female; I, P. imperatorius (Nagasaki, Japan); J, P. imperatorius, holotype female from Sri Lanka (BMNH); K, P. lateralis, holotype female from Taiwan (HNHM). Image (K) courtesy of NMNS.

Fig. 10. Male genitalia of Pseudoloxops hibiscus (A–D), P. lateralis (E–F) and P. leopardalis (G–J). A, G, Apex of pygophore, ventral view; F, Apex of pygophore, dorsal view; B, H, pygophore, dorsal view; C, J, right paramere; D, E, I, left paramere. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.