Eremophylus hirtus Yasunaga, 2001

Yasunaga, Tomohide, 2022, The plant bug subfamily Phylinae in Japan, with key to genera and descriptions of eight new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), Zootaxa 5094 (1), pp. 1-52 : 8

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6301162

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Eremophylus hirtus Yasunaga, 2001
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Eremophylus hirtus Yasunaga, 2001 View in CoL

( Figs. 1F View FIGURE 1 ; 2 View FIGURE 2 A−B; 3A, C; 4A; 16; 18A−G; 19A−H)

Material examined. Holotype (♂). JAPAN: Shikoku, Kochi Pref., Nishikuma Valley [= current Kami City, Monobe Town, Kubokage], 33.80, 133.98, UV lighting, 15 Jul 2000, M. Takai ( TYCN) ( AMNH _ PBI 00380694 About AMNH ) . Paratypes: JAPAN: Honshu, Tokyo, Mt. Takao [Hachioji City], 35.63, 139.25, 25 May 1959, T. Maenami, 1♂ ( NIAES) (0038695). Shikoku: Same data as for holotype, 1♂ ( TYCN) . Additional material examined. JAPAN: Honshu, Nagano Pref., Matsumoto City, Azumi , Japan Alps , Kamikochi , 36.25, 137.67, 1,500 m alt., 4Aug 2004, M. Takai, 1♀ (00380696) ( TYCN). Shikoku: Same data as for holotype, except for date 22 Jul 2001, 5♂ 8♀ ( TYCN) .

Diagnosis. Recognized readily by its scorched brown, elongate-ovoid, medium-sized body ( Figs. 1F View FIGURE 1 , 2A View FIGURE 2 ); dense vestiture on dorsum; large dark spots on pale brown ventral surface of metafemur ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ); uniformly darkened metatibia; and median protuberance and relatively thick subapical branch of vesica ( Figs. 4A View FIGURE 4 , 19C View FIGURE 19 ), in addition to the characters suggested in above generic diagnosis.

Description. Female: Similar to male in overall appearance and surface structure; no significant sexual dimorphism present. Peritreme on metathoracic scent efferent system relatively large ( Fig. 18E View FIGURE 18 ). Metafemur longer than antennal segment II; meta-tarsomere III slightly longer than II; parempodia hair-like; pulvilli weak ( Fig. 18F View FIGURE 18 ). Genitalia ( Figs. 3A, C View FIGURE 3 , 19D–G View FIGURE 19 ): Sclerotized rings oval ( Figs. 3A View FIGURE 3 , 19D View FIGURE 19 ); ovipositor (gonapophysis) I swordlike, slender ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ); posterior wall as long as wide ( Fig. 19D View FIGURE 19 ), with distinctly spinulate interramal sclerite ( Fig. 19G View FIGURE 19 ).

Measurements: See Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Biology. Unknown; the adults were occasionally attracted to UV light at deciduous broadleaf forests. Collection records suggest E. hirtus has a univoltine life cycle.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

NIAES

National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Miridae

Genus

Eremophylus

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