Torunotum, Hosseini & Cassis, 2019

Gierlasiński, Grzegorz, Dobosz, Roland & Taszakowski, Artur, 2024, Two new species of Torunotum Hosseini & Cassis 2019 (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae: Hyaliodini) from New Caledonia, Zootaxa 5512 (4), pp. 567-578 : 576

Key to New Caledonian species of Torunotum (based on Hosseini & Cassis 2019)

1. Pronotal calli with pair of greatly elongated horn-like projections, extending beyond antennifers (Figs. 60b, c in Hosseini & Cassis 2019)........................................................... Torunotum hystrix Hosseini & Cassis

- Pronotal calli weakly to strongly expanded................................................................. 2

2. Head black with a distinct, rectangular, yellow spot between the eyes, pronotum with curved, L-shaped stripes ( Fig. 3A, B )................................................ Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov.

- Head not black, without distinct yellow spot, pronotum without curved stripes..................................... 3

3. Scutellum uniformly yellow............................................................................. 4

- Scutellum either dark reddish brown or bicoloured, in shades of yellow and brown................................. 5

4. Scutellum greatly swollen (Figs. 67g, h in Hosseini & Cassis 2019), pronotal calli conical and upright (Fig. 67e in Hosseini & Cassis 2019).......................................................... Torunotum psydrax Hosseini & Cassis

- Scutellum moderately swollen (Figs. 56b, 62d in Hosseini & Cassis 2019), pronotal calli moderately projected (Figs. 62c, e in Hosseini & Cassis 2019)............................................... Torunotum oviformis Hosseini & Cassis

5. Head uniformly yellow, pronotum dark brown, cuneus dark, body covered with long hairs ( Figs. 7A–C )..................................................................... Torunotum hirsutum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov.

- Head or pronotum differently coloured, cuneus light.......................................................... 6

6. Scutellum dark chocolate brown (Fig. 56c in Hosseini & Cassis 2019), pronotum uniformly punctate (Fig. 57c in Hosseini & Cassis 2019)........................................................... Torunotum badius Hosseini & Cassis

- Scutellum bicoloured, broadly yellow, with anterior margin and midline brown (Fig. 56a in Hosseini & Cassis 2019), smooth (Fig. 64d in Hosseini & Cassis 2019)........................................ Torunotum pindaii Hosseini & Cassis

Figures

FIGURE 3. Torunotum flavomaculatum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov., holotype, male. Dorsal (A), antero-dorso-lateral (B) and lateral (C) views.

FIGURE 7. Torunotum hirsutum Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov., holotype, male. Dorsal (A), antero-dorso-lateral (B) and lateral (C) views.