Cleotomiris schneirlai Schuh, 1984

Duwal, Ram Keshari, Yasunaga, Tomohide, Tomokuni, Masaaki, Nakatani, Yukinobu & Hirowatari, Toshiya, 2017, Further records on the plant bug tribe Hallodapini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae) in Asia, with proposition of two new species and a new synonymy, Zootaxa 4258 (5), pp. 401-424 : 407-408

Cleotomiris schneirlai Schuh, 1984

( Figs. 4 D̄F, 6B, 8, 16A)

Cleotomiris schneirlai Schuh, 1984: 89 (n. sp.); 1995: 211 (cat.); Yasunaga, 2001: 146 (diag.).

Diagnosis. Recognized by its smaller sized body; dark brown or castaneous basic coloration with paler hemelytron and appendages; contrastingly whitish or pale areas on the hemelytron anteriorly and posteriorly; large eyes; and form of male genital structures ( Figs. 4 D̄E, 6B, 8). For detailed description see Schuh (1984: 89; figs. 265̄269).

Female. GENITALIA ( Fig. 16 A): Sclerotized rings thin rimmed, with wide and straight basal margin, and anteriorly narrow.

Measurements. (♂ / ♀) (n= 2/2). Body length 2.90̄2.95/ 2.92̄3.10; length from apex of tylus to cuneal fracture 2.04̄2.08/ 2.14̄2.15; width of head across eyes 0.66̄0.69/ 0.62̄0.65; width of vertex 0.19̄0.21/ 0.22̄0.24; lengths of antennal segments ĪIV 0.21̄0.22, 0.92̄0.94, 0.40̄0.42, 0.40/ 0.20̄0.21, 0.86̄0.94, 0.40̄0.45, 0.38; length of labium 1.18̄1.22/ 1.20̄1.25; mesal length of pronotum 0.61̄0.65/ 0.65̄0.66; basal width of pronotum 0.98̄0.96/ 0.98̄0.99; width across hemelytron 0.94̄0.98/ 1.11̄1.14; length of metafemora, tibiae and tarsus 0.94̄1.00, 1.30̄1.38, 0.24̄0.28/ 1.00̄1.02, 1.32̄1.38, 0.22̄0.25.

Distribution. Philippines (Biliran, Luzon, Mindanao, Negros, Palawan). ( Schuh, 1984).

Specimens examined. PHILIPPINES: Luzon: 2♂, Laguna Province, Mt. Maquiling , 400 m, 13.ix.1985, M. Tomokuni ( NSMT) . Palawan: 1♂, 1♀, nr. Narra, Trident mines, 500 m, 4.ix.1985, M. Sakai ( NSMT) ; 1♀, Matalangao , 150 m, 29.viii.1985, M. Tomokuni ( NSMT) .

Figures

FIGURE 4. Habitus images of Cleotomiris inthanon (A ̅ C); C. schneirlai (D ̅ F); Cleotomiroides vietnamensis (G ̅ I). Dorsal view (A, D, G); Lateral view (B, E, H); Metathoracic scent-efferent system (C, F, I). Scale bars: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 16. Female genital structures: Cleotomiris schneirlai (A); Cleotomiroides vietnamensis (B ̅ C); Wygomiris taipokau (D ̅ F); W. kaliyahae (G ̅ I). Anterior wall including gonopophysis (A ̅ D, G ̅ H); Posterior wall (E ̅ F, I). As = anterior sclerite of first gonapophysis; Vg = vestibular sclerite of first gonapophysis; SR = sclerotized rings; PS = Posterior sclerite. Scale bars: 0. 2 mm.