Orientomiris monticola (Poppius, 1914) Poppius, 1914

Chérot, F. & Malipatil, M. B., 2016, A review of Adelphocoris - Creontiades - Megacoelum complex (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirini), with descriptions of two new genera and four new species, Zootaxa 4126 (2), pp. 151-206 : 176

13.7. Orientomiris monticola (Poppius, 1914) n. comb.

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Megacoelum monticola Poppius, 1914: 110 –111 (as new species); Carvalho 1959: 161 (catalog); Schuh 1995: 834 (catalog), 2002–2013 (online catalog).

Material examined. Type specimen: Holotype ♀ by monotypy: INDONESIA: JAVA: “Tjinjiruan, Malabar Gebirge”, 1700 m., type 9720 ( MZHF) [The specimen bears the Poppius’ original handwritten identification label with the mention “ Megacoelum monticola n. sp. ”].

Diagnosis. Body brown to black. Head including sulcus black, the posterior area of vertex and short carina brown. Eyes black. First antennal segment dark red to brown, second antennal segment brown, third antennal segment brown, slightly lighter apically, its length almost equal to second, fourth segment missing. Apical collar gray. Pronotal disk dark brown to black anteriorly in the area of callosities and on lateral margins, red brown medially, with a narrow yellow posterior margin. Pronotal surface rugose and punctate, punctures very narrow, shallow and dense. Scutellum red brown, its apex yellow, with a short, recumbent pilosity, particularly anteriorly. Hemelytra brown, darker on endocorium, finely punctate, the punctures very narrow, shallow and dense, pilosity white, short (but longer than setae present on scutellum) and recumbent. Cuneus red brown, darker than exocorium, relatively similar to endocorium. Membrane, including veins, brown.

Discussion. The type of O. monticola conforms to our diagnosis of Orientomiris on the basis of its external anatomy; hence we suggest the new combination.

Figures

FIGURES 44 – 50. Habitus of ACMc members: 44. Orientomiris montanus (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female holotype from Indonesia (MZHF). 45. Orientomiris monticola (Poppius, 1914) n. comb., female holotype from Indonesia (MZHF). 46. Orientomiris orientalis (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female syntype from India (MZHF). 47. Orientomiris pallidicornis (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female holotype from Philippine Islands (MZHF). 48. Orientomiris ravana (Kirkaldy, 1909) n. comb., male lectotype from Sri Lanka (NHM). 49. Orientomiris sumatranus (Poppius, 1915) n. comb., female holotype from Indonesia (MZHF). 50. Orientomiris uzeli (Poppius, 1910) n. comb., male lectotype from Sri Lanka (MZHF). Scales = 1 mm.