Bolbomiris sp.

Gierlasiński, Grzegorz, Dobosz, Roland, Poźniak, Aleksandra, Sitnik, Michelle & Taszakowski, Artur, 2025, Notes on plant bugs from New Caledonia with descriptions of two new species of the genus Bolbomiris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1), pp. 95-104 : 101

Bolbomiris sp.

Material examined. A specimen of an unidentified, possibly undescribed Bolbomiris has also been photographed near Touho, New Caledonia ( 20°48′55.08″N, 165°13′44.59″E) on 14 October 2024 by Amaury Durbano ( Fig. 10 ).

Key to New Caledonian species of Bolbomiris (based on HOSSEINI & CASSIS 2019)

1 Pronotum dark brown to black. ................................ 2

– Pronotum yellowish to yellowish brown. ................. 3

2 Scape stramineous with red dots on the inner side. ..... ........ B. koghi Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov.

– Scape uniformly to mostly dark brown, sometimes with the distal quarter stramineous. ............................. .............................. B. cola Hosseini & Cassis, 2019

3 Scutellum and clavus brown, distinctly darker than yellowish pronotum ( Fig. 6 ), left paramere with very long setae on sensory lobe, distinctly longer than the width of this lobe ( Figs 8D–F ). ................................... B. picpinensis Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov.

– Scutellum and clavus about the same colour as pronotum ( Fig. 3 ), left paramere with short setae on sensory lobe ( HOSSEINI & CASSIS 2019: figs 11a–c). ................. .................. B. samuelsoni Hosseini & Cassis, 2019

Figures

Fig. 10. Unknown species of Bolbomiris. Photo: Amaury Durbano – Association Hô-üt.

Fig. 6. Bolbomiris picpinensis Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov., holotype, male (A – dorsal view, B – antero-dorso-lateral view, C – lateral view).

Fig. 8. Bolbomiris picpinensis Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov., male genitalia:A – pygophore; B – aedeagus; C – right paramere; D–F – left paramere shown from different angles to highlight details in structure.

Fig. 3. Bolbomiris koghi Gierlasiński & Taszakowski sp. nov.:A – holotype, female, dorsal view. B–D – paratype, female (B – antero-dorso-lateral view; C – lateral views; D – scape).